Last week the European Parliament voted 522 to 18 to recommend tighter safety for exposure to cell phone emissions. In their Mid-Term Review of the European Environment and Health Action Plan, members of the European Parliament expressed regret that their report was not based on a preventive policy and urged the adoption of a new dynamic approach based on precautionary principles. Specifically under the section titled “Dangers of New Technologies” members noted that they “are greatly concerned at the Bio-Initiative International Report on electromagnetic fields, which highlights the health risks posed by emissions from mobile-telephony devices such as mobile telephones, UMTS, WiFi, WiMAX, and Bluetooth, and also DECT landline telephones.” They go on to characterize current standards on exposure limits as obsolete and note that these standards “do not take account of developments in information and communication technologies or vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, newborn babies, and children.”Find the actual report online at the European Parliament website. The controversy over cell phones and health perils shows no signs of resolution. What’s your take? You can weigh in at any time.Just visit the Interference Technology NEBS/Telecom Forum.
European Parliament Recommends Stricter Safety Limits for Exposure to EMFS from Cell Phones
