European Parliament Recommends Stricter Safety Limits For Cell Phones

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Institute for Health and the Environment - The European Parliament
has voted 522 to 16 to recommend tighter safety standards for cell
phones.В  In light of the growing body of scientific evidence
implicating cell phone use with brain tumors, the Parliament says,
"The limits on exposure to electromagnetic fields [EMFs] which have
been set for the general public are obsolete."



The European Parliament "is greatly concerned at the Bio-Initiative
international report concerning EMFs, which summarises over 1500
studies on that topic and which points in its conclusions to the
health risks posed by emissions from mobile-telephony devices such as
mobile telephones, UMTS, WiFi, WiMax and Bluetooth, and also DECT
landline telephones."В  Further, it points out the need to "address
vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, newborn babies and
children."



The Mid-Term Review of the European Environmental and Health Action
Plan recommends 36 specific points for improving human health.В  It
points to changes that can improve air and water quality, and reduce
exposures to toxic chemicals and EMFs that have been linked to health
risks.


BioInitiative author Dr. Martin Blank, Columbia University professor
and researcher in bioelectromagnetics says, "Cells in the body react
to EMFs as potentially harmful, just like to other environmental
toxins such as heavy metals and toxic chemicals.В  The DNA in living
cells recognizes EMFs at very low levels of exposure, and produces a
biochemical stress response. The scientific evidence tells us that
our safety standards are inadequate, and that we must protect
ourselves from exposure to EMFs due to powerlines, cell phones and
the like."



Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD and Professor at University Hospital in
Orebro, Sweden who wrote on brain tumors and cell phones in the
BioInitiative Report, says,В  "The evidence for risks from prolonged
cell phone and cordless phone use is quite strong when you look at
people who have used these devices for 10 years or longer, and when
they are used mainly on one side of the head."В  At a conference in
London last week, Dr. Hardell noted that exposure to children poses
even greater risk than to adults, a fact of concern since so many
children now regularly use cell phones.



Noting the already lowered exposure limits of some European countries
the EU Parliament is now calling on the EU Council to amend
Recommendation 1999/519/EC for all equipment producing emissions in
the 0.1 MHz to 300 GHz frequency range.В  This would include cell
phones as well as other wireless devices.В  Wireless technologies that
rely on microwave radiation to send emails and voice communication
are thousands of times stronger than levels reported to cause some
health impacts.



Reports: Mid-Term Review of the European Environment and Health
Action Plan 2004-2010, September 4, 2008



BioInitiative: A Rationale for a Biologically-based Public Exposure
Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF) August 31, 2007
bioinitiative


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