Corporate Responsibility
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND HEALTH

Summary of recent research

The following reports conclude that current evidence does not suggest that adverse health effects are produced by radio-frequency exposure below the ICNIRP limits, although some reports also conclude that more research is needed on the longer-term effects of RF exposure.

Research reviews published in 2008-2009:

Cellular/mobile phone use and intracranial tumours, Canadian National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health

Dossier: Les champs electromagnetiques, Institut National de Recherch et de Securite pour la Prevention des Accidents du Travai et des maladies professionnelles, I'INRS (France)

ePetition response: Phonemasts, official site of the Prime Minister's Office (United Kingdom)

Fact sheet: Cellular telephone use and cancer risk, U.S. National Cancer Institute

Fact sheet: Electromagnetic energy and its effects (4 page PDF; 52 KB), Committee on Electromagnetic Energy, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

Health issues: Do cell phones pose a health hazard? U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Institute of Engineering and Technology opinion: The possible harmful biological effects of low-level electromagnetic fields of frequencies up to 300 Ghz (9 page PDF; 1.22 MB), position statement by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (United Kingdom)

Making sense of radiation: A guide to radiation and its health effects, Sense About Science (United Kingdom)

Recent Research on EMF and Health Risks, the fifth annual report from SSI's Independent Expert Group on Electromagnetic Fields, Swedish Radiation Protection Agency (Sweden)

SCENIHR opinion: Health effects of exposure to EMF (83 page PDF; 670 KB), SCENIHR, European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General (European Union)

SCENIHR opinion: Possible effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) on human health (64 page PDF; 629 KB), Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR), European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General (European Union)