CALLS FOR CAUTION
This act takes place in a context of accelerated development of sources of electromagnetic waves, in particular with the deployment of mobile very high-speed, 4G. At 1 st January 2015 ANFR indicates the number of antennas sites authorized in France for 4G was, all operators, 18 699 -- against 12,525 a year earlier -- including 15,424 Service.
If there is no scientific consensus about the potential dangers of radio frequencies for health, number of studies and opinions have called for caution. In 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified them as "possibly carcinogenic" . And in 2013, the National Agency Health Safety of Food, Environment and Labour (ANSES) recommended "limit exposure of the population to radio frequencies -- especially mobile phones -- especially for Children and power users " . It also called for "control the overall exposure from base stations" .
Posted by Katie Singer
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