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ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND HUMAN HEALTH.

FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED RESEARCH

SEPTEMBER, 17-24, 2002

MOSCOW - SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

1. THE GENERAL PROBLEMS OF EMF

INVESTIGATION

CONCEPT OF INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR MOBILE PHONE

USERS SAFETY ON THE BASIS OF PRECAUTIONARY POLICY

REALISATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.

Grigoriev O.A.1, Vasiliev O.A.2, Bichelday E.P.1

1National fund for non-ionizing radiation protection, Moscow, Russia

2Russian Ministry of public health department for State epidemiological inspection,

Moscow, Russia

Mobile telecommunication is rapidly developing as an element of social

technological infrastructure. However none of the specialised scientific

organisation could confirm, that mobile phones EMF is unharmful for human

health. Numerous researches reveals more questions than answers. World

health organisation consider, that the consequences from mobile phones’

EMF exposure of individuals as well as human population in whole aren’t

known enough , therefore we have to continue the scientific researches and

provide the precautionary policy. According to precautionary principle we

have to make all efforts to decrease the risk for human health, even finally

unproved.

Mobile telecommunication systems drastic increasing, though we have

no final results of EMF biological influence researches. It means that mobile

phones’ value for society is more important factor, comparing with real and

possible risks for human health.

Refer to the law project “About the basis of technical regulation in

Russian Federation” sellers should provide goods safety for consumers, this

means that mobile phones’ sellers and manufactures have to confirm their

equipment safety. However it takes time to adopt the law and work out the

mechanism of its realisation.

In such conditions we consider that the most actual and rather fast

method to provide the population safety is let to know the objective and actual

information that allows to generate own opinion and make realised choice in

all aspects of the problem «Mobile phones and health».

Such programs should be aimed to mobile phones services’ consumers

(voluntary risk group) as well as to other population who don't use mobile

phones, but exposed by mobile telecommunication EMF (involuntary risk

group. Now authors are developing the information support complex for

population “Mobile telecommunication and human health”, which includes

the web-site (www.ecopole.ru), popular scientific book and several leaflets

names as “Mobile phones”, “Base stations”, “To children up to 16 is not

recommended ”

THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON NON-IONIZING

RADIATION PROTECTION AND PROBLEM OF ELECTROMAG-

NETIC SAFETY OF THE POPULATION

Grigoriev Yu.G.

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Moscow, Russia

Now Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection

carries out (spend) the constant analysis of achievement of scientific

community on a problem of electromagnetic safety of the population, as well

as recommendations of the World health organization (WHO) and

International commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).

We also make an estimation of a real situation in the country.

The committee recognizes presence of a problem of probable adverse in-

fluence EMF on health of the population. For last 35-40 years we have a

sufficient material giving an opportunity to establish dose dependence EMF,

as well as influence frequency characteristics EMF on bioeffects.

However, now there is the important establishment fact of cumulation of

bioeffects in conditions repeated and chronic EMF exposure of small inten-

sity.

Pays on itself attention a completely new situation in connection with

wide use of cellular communication. The large group of the users by cellular

telephones has daily EMF irradiation of structures periphery of nervous

system and head brain, on the one hand, and the overwhelming part of the

population is exposed to a constant compulsory EMF irradiation from base

stations, on the other hand.

There is till now unsolved problem of a role of EMF modulation in

development of bioeffects. This problem practically is not taken into account

in definition MPE of EMF.

The members of Committee give the large attention to a scientific

substantiation and development of sanitary rules for EMF and harmonization

of them with the international recommendations and standards, and also the

decisions a WHO are taken into accoun