IMPACT OF RANDOM BROADCAST OF THE INTERNET ON HUMAN HEALTH: A FIELD STUDY ON AL-NAJAF CITY.
Demands of the Internet services have been increased and grown in the last one decade. Due to absence and weakness of the fiber optic infrastructure in some countries like Iraq. Thus, most of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) used alternative solutions such as wireless broadcasting via central towers based on free frequencies wireless devices ( broadband). Concern on the spread of wireless internet services is growing, considering the lack of control and regulation of this technology, particularly with the plenty of reports of illnesses associated with Wireless Broadcasting and spread devices used for internet broadcast in homes and companies. In this work, we conducted field measurements in an Iraqi city that has more than 1250 towers within 28824 km2. This area is large but is mostly an empty desert, so the concentration of these towers is only about 500 km2. All towers use a free license frequency (5 GHz) to broadcast the internet. The present study took 63 days to finish. It started on 6th October and finished on 7th December. The obtained measurements were compared with international standards of wireless broadcasting for individuals and businesses. The main objective of this research is to verify an Electric Magnetic field (EMF) which is associated with Internet broadcasting from internet towers that do not exceed international standards. Therefore, Internet Broadcasting does not have negative effects on human health specifically to those who lived near the towers.