Swedish Radiation Protection Authority (SSI) Third annual report from SSI's Independent Expert Group on Electromagnetic Fields - December 2005
December 2005
With recent major scientific reviews as starting points the IEG in a series of annual reports consecutively discusses and assesses relevant new data and puts these in the context of already available information. The result will be a gradually developing health risk assessment of exposure to EMF.
This is the third annual report from the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority’s (SSI) Independent Expert Group (IEG) on Electromagnetic Fields and focuses on recent research on mobile phone telephony and health risks.
The full report can be found at:http://www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se/Global/Publikationer/Rapport/Stralskydd/2006/ssi-rapp-2006-02.pdf
4 Million Mobile Broadband Connections
Mobile phones cannot work without a network of base stations (masts). There are approximately 52,500 base stations in the UK. An Ipsos MORI survey for MOA (May 2010) showed that almost three quarters of people understood that masts are essential if they are to access the services they require. Mobile telecommunications are vital for the UK’s economic competitiveness and in promoting social inclusion. There are now over 81 million mobile connections in the UK. Over 4.8 million customers now access mobile broadband services via a laptop and dongle, and 28 per cent of UK adults use their mobile phones for internet access.
No Established Health Effects
Mobile phones operate by using radio waves, similar to those that have been widely used for decades, for example in radio, TV and radar signals. A large number of studies over the last two decades have found no clear evidence of adverse health effects from the use of mobile phones or from phone masts.