Loading ...
Loading ...
Loading ...
For Your Safety 134
at all.” For example, the Stewart Report from the United Kingdom [“UK”] made
such a recommendation in December 2000. In this report a group of independent
experts noted that no evidence exists that using a cell phone causes brain tumors
or other ill effects. [The UK’s] recommendation to limit cell phone use by children
was strictly precautionary; it was not based on scientific evidence that any health
hazard exists. A copy of the UK’s leaflet is available at
http://www.dh.gov.uk
(search
“mobile”), or you can write to: NRPB, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 ORQ, United
Kingdom. Copies of the UK’s annual reports on mobile phones and RF are available
online at
http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/
(search “mobile”). Parents who wish to reduce
their children’s RF exposure may choose to restrict their children’s wireless device
use.
Where can I get further information about RF emissions?
For further information, see the following additional resources (websites current as
of April 2005):
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Consumer magazine November-December 2000
Telephone: (888) INFO-FDA
http://www.fda.gov
(Under “c” in the subject index, select Cell Phones > Research.)
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C.20554
Telephone: (888) 225-5322
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety
Royal Society of Canada Expert Panels on Potential Health Risks of Radio
Frequency Fields from Wireless Telecommunication Devices
283 Sparks Street Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X9 Canada
Telephone: (613) 991-6990
http://www.rsc.ca/index.php?page=Expert_Panels_RF&Lang_id=120
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland
Telephone: 011 41 22 791 21 11
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs193/en/
Loading ...
Loading ...
Loading ...