The peculiar circumstances of the iarc working group on radio-frequency electromagnetic fields and cellular telephones [telecommunications health & safety]

Author

Lin, J.C.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Volume

53

Issue

3

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

202

Lastpage

203

Abstract

An International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) working group reviewed hundreds of scientific articles, and then reached the conclusion that current evidence is sufficiently strong to support a classification of possibly carcinogenic to humans for radio-frequency electromagnetic fields including those employed by cellular mobile telephones. It is curious to note that just days before the working group was scheduled to convene for a week, an invited participant was removed from the panel of experts for "possible perception of conflict of interest," but another (a sole proprietor of a consulting firm) was allowed to stay.

Keywords

biological effects of fields; biological effects of microwaves; cellular radio; health and safety; mobile radio; IARC working group; International Agency for Research on Cancer; cellular mobile telephone; cellular telephones; radio frequency electromagnetic fields; Biological effects of radiation; Cancer; Cellular phones; Electromagnetic radiation; Human factors; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Safety; Biological effects of electromagnetic radiation; electromagnetic radiation effects; human health and safety; land mobile radio cellular systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2011.6028459

Filename

6028459