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Experts urge cautious use of wireless devices as health effects reassessed
Wireless devices such as smartphones and tablets have certainly made staying in touch and plugging into the digital world easier and more convenient. But the increasingly ubiquitous nature of the technology is also raising concerns about possible adverse health effects from exposure to the electromagnetic radio-frequency waves that these devices emit.
Worries about exposure to EM-RF fields were recently raised before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, which heard three days of submissions from international medical experts, advocacy groups and industry players.
The all-party committee will now prepare a report on those submissions, which will be tabled in the House of Commons in the coming weeks, said Liberal MP Hedy Fry, who introduced a motion asking the committee to study the potential harms from wireless emissions.
The report could make recommendations to Health Canada, including that the department reconsider exposure limits under regulations known as Safety Code 6 based on the “precautionary principle” – or the idea that it’s better to be safe than sorry.
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Radio waves probably has nothing to do with it. It's probably blue light emissions, Larry.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/blue-light-has-a-dark-side