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Ionising radiation dangerous, electromagnetic radiation might be

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This website is concerned with matters nuclear. In particular, ionising radiation is proven to be damaging to health, with no safe level.

We’ve been at pains to distinguish ionising radiation from other forms, such as electromagnetic radiation, whose health effects are not really known.

At the same time, we acknowledge that it’s possible that electromagnetic radiation is harmful to health. And so, we welcome the move to investigate this – Christina Macpherson

the renewed concern though is not just about mobile phones. WiFi is now in the frame. The panic button was pressed by an influential European committee that has compared the current situation of mobiles and WiFi to previous experiences of tobacco and asbestos.

Putting You on Hold. Mobile Phone and WiFi Radiation Scare Ramped up in Europe – Haydn Shaughnessy – Re:thinking Innovation – Forbes, 14 May 11,  The argument that mobile phones are bad for health was maybe due a reprise, so expect at least a round of calls for more research on their impact in the coming days, and possibly for outright bans in some circumstances (like schools). The renewed concern though is not just about mobile phones. WiFi is now in the frame. The panic button was pressed by an influential European committee that has compared the current situation of mobiles and WiFi to previous experiences of tobacco and asbestos. The committee is a Council of Europe political group that’s been studying low frequency radiation risk. Called The Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs, its report calling for restrictions on mobile phone and WiFi usage was finalised over a week ago but is only just finding its way into the news media……

The Council is particularly concerned about devices that emit continuous pulses of radiation. Most European countries already recommend that parents teach children below the age of 14 not to use mobile phones for calls but to restrict themselves to text messaging. However there are few well known guidelines for home WiFi use.

Europe is one of the most densely saturated areas globally when it comes to mobile phone coverage. But while the debate over mobile phones has raged intermittently over the past decade, the same is not true of WiFi, which is relatively under-researched. The Council of Europe would like to see WiFi health research stepped up….

Putting You on Hold. Mobile Phone and WiFi Radiation Scare Ramped up in Europe – Haydn Shaughnessy – Re:thinking Innovation – Forbes

May 23, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, health