Recent GSMA Updates
GSMA: Brochure - WLAN and Health
The GSMA, with the MMF and WiFiAlliance, has produced a new joint brochure designed to answer questions you may have about the health and safety aspects of WLAN.
GSMA: Mobile World Congress news
The GSM Association hosted the 2009 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from 16-19 February, showcasing the leading innovations in the mobile phone industry. Environmental highlights from this year’s congress include:
A video of the awards ceremony is available.
GSMA: GSMA Europe Presentation from EU EMF Workshop
Alan Freeman, Chair of the GSMA Europe Health & Environment Group spoke on Health, Information and Good Practice at the recent EU Workshop on EMF and Health: Science and Policy to address public concerns. All the presentations can now be downloaded.
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Australia: Online Videos from Science and Wireless 2008
ACRBR has made video presentations from its Science and Wireless 2008 event available online, including a talk by INTERPHONE author Professor Bruce Armstrong on the latest research on mobile phones and cancer .
Europe: Climate change - Commission sets out proposals
The European Commission has set out its proposals with the aim of keeping temperature increases below 2°C by seeing global emissions peaking before 2020 and cutting back to less than 50% of 1990 levels by 2050.
Europe: Expert Group - No Established Health Risk
The Commission's independent Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) has concluded that based on current evidence RF is unlikely to lead to an increase in cancer, however, further studies are needed.
France: French minister to address mobile network health concerns
Earlier this month a court in Versailles ruled that an operator must take down an antenna due to uncertainty about its effect on health. In an interview French minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, outlined how she plans to address public health concerns.
Global: Mobile phones aim to be a 'doctor in your pocket'
Not content with offering calls, texts and Internet access, the mobile phone industry is convinced it can help save lives and offer health services to millions worldwide.
Global: New study finds emissions problem tougher, but manageable
The McKinsey & Company analysis finds that the potential exists to reduce GHG emissions by just enough to stay on track to contain warming below 2°C but it will require change on a massive scale and a strong framework.
Global: UN says mobiles can call for health, education and safety
Cell phones can play an important role in education, crisis situations, and in monitoring health and nutrition, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stressed at the opening of a conference on innovation.
India: COAI to launch awareness programme on radiation emission
The Cellular Operators Association of India on Friday said it would soon launch an awareness program to dispel misconceptions regarding emissions of mobile phone towers.
UK: How to read articles about health
The most important rule to remember is: don’t automatically believe the headline. Bazian has appraised hundreds of articles for Behind The Headlines on NHS Choices, and has developed the following questions to help you figure out which articles you’re going to believe and which you’re not.
USA: Campus building blamed for cancer cluster
A building on the University of California, San Diego campus, is being blamed for a cluster of breast cancer cases, raising new questions about the risks of exposure to electromagnetic fields. |
