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EMFSA was invited to attend and exhibit at the 21st National Health Environmental Congress which was held over the weekend of the 16 th – 18 th of November. The congress was held in the Council Chambers of the Civic Centre in Cape Town.           Among the delegates were municipal managers, councillors...Read More

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1574882/nbtc-asks-who-for-clarity-on-telecom-base-health-risks?fbclid=IwAR0V0jrlpAf1Vw0fCFNLKD0h1ViURZqoucn5TaaRtXaGIdK-HcJn9jM6964 The telecom regulator is urging the WHO to clarify whether radio-frequency electromagnetic fields emitted by telecom base stations have any effect on public health. Takorn Tantasith, secretary-general of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), submitted an official letter to WHO last month urging it to address the concern and confusion about whether radio-frequency electromagnetic...Read More

Akhtar Amin  November 15, 2018 https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/393917-phc-directs-epa-to-submit-report-on-harmful-effects-of-mobile-phone-towers?fbclid=IwAR3YnMqW-g9oC6qW4HBtoknSrj-4NL8pOSXyJpiS0ITloFBcioRpJVxdcjI PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to submit report about hazardous effects of radiations from Base Transmission System towers and microwaves antennas of mobile phone companies. A two-member bench headed by Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan issued the directions to the...Read More

EghtesadOnline: The Communications Regulatory Authority has launched an online monitoring system through which people can check the amount of electromagnetic radiation in different areas in Tehran and the southern city of Shiraz. Excerpt: The monitoring system was unveiled on the sidelines of the 5th National Conference on Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation Safety and Measurement held...Read More

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The Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association (ORSAA) has submitted formal comments to the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) on the draft “GUIDELINES FOR LIMITING EXPOSURE TO TIME-VARYING ELECTRIC, MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (100 kHz TO 300 GHz)”. Please refer to the ORSAA comments attached. ORSAA Submission to ICNIRP The draft RF Guideline documents...Read More

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News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, November 1, 2018, 10:00 a.m. EDT Contact: Virginia Guidry, NIEHS 919-541-1993 National Toxicology Program releases final reports on rat and mouse studies of radio frequency radiation like that used in 2G and 3G cell phone technologies The National Toxicology Program (NTP) concluded there is clear evidence that male rats...Read More

  The workshop took place in the framework of ITU’s Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) Study Group 2 Question 7/2 during the ITU-D Study Group 2 meetings. Question 7/2 refers to the study on strategies and policies concerning human exposure to electromagnetic fields. ITU has developed several recommendations on the issue and Member States are encouraged...Read More