The scientific view
Scientific consensus remains clear that there is no evidence to date to suggest that mobile communication masts and mobile phones - if operated within strict international safety guidelines - pose a threat to human health.
However, we support the call for more research, as, for example, recommended in May 2000 in a report issued by the UK’s Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones (IEGMP), often referred to as the Stewart Report.
We comply with the guidelines from the UK’s Health Protection Agency’s Radiation Protection Division, formerly the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), Germany’s Strahlenschutzkommission (SSK), the International Commission of Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and the European Commission.
“The balance of evidence to date suggests that exposures to RF radiation below NRPB and ICNIRP guidelines do not cause adverse health effects to the general population.”
The Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones: May 2000
We also abide by a range of government and voluntary commitments. In the UK and Germany, this includes clear publication of specific absorption rate (SAR) values – a measure of the amount of radio wave energy absorbed by a person using a mobile.
All the handsets we sell, including TETRA handsets for the Airwave service, comply with the relevant partial body (head and trunk) public exposure SAR limit of 2 watts per kilogramme.
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