Priority question to the EU Bioinitiative Report
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Trust - Dr Caroline Lucas MEP.
Enclosed priority question to the EU Commission on the Bioinitiative report,
followed by their response and a follow up letter that Dr Caroline Lucas has
written.
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Eileen O'Connor
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BioInitiative Report
http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/97342c1af3825db1
Electromagnetic fields Bioinitiative WQ response
http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/e0fb6a74fa6a2523
Electromagnetic fields - response to Written Question P-4754/07
http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/b37e2b2d89878f65
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To the: COUNCIL
COMMISSION
ORAL QUESTIONS
Oral Question with debate (Rule 108) Question Time (Rule 109)
WRITTEN QUESTIONS
Written Question (Rule 110)
Priority Written Question (Rule 110 (4)
AUTHOR(S):
Caroline Lucas
SUBJECT: Health concerns over exposure to electromagnetic fields:
response to BioInitiative Report
(please specify)
TEXT:
As the Commission will be aware, on 31 August 2007 the international
BioInitiative Working Group of renowned scientists and public health
policy
experts published a report called "A Rationale for a Biologically-
Based
Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)".
This report documents evidence that ELFs are a risk factor for both
childhood and adult cancers, and sets out how wireless technologies
which
rely on RF to send emails and voice communications are thousands of
times
stronger than levels reported to cause sleep disorders, headaches,
problems
with memory and concentration and other physical symptoms. It notes
the
unprecedented levels of exposure to ELFs being created by the
"explosion of
new sources" and raises serious scientific concerns over the health
risks
posed by long-term and cumulative exposure.
The report concludes that current safety limits regulating the levels
of ELF
permitted from power lines, mobile phones and other sources are highly
inadequate, and that a much more cautious approach should be taken to
further deployment of risky technologies.
The European Environment Agency (EEA) contributed a chapter to the
report,
concerning the consequences of previous failures to apply the
precautionary
principle in the face of public and environmental hazards. Following
publication of the study the EEA's Executive Director has publicly
stressed
the importance of precaution where potentially serious future
consequences
may be involved, and called for actions to reduce exposures to ELF,
particularly where vulnerable groups are concerned.
What action is the Commission taking in response to this report, its
conclusions and endorsement by the EEA? Does the Commission agree that
the
balance of evidence points to the need to revise public safety
standards
regulating radiation levels from sources of day-to-day ELF exposure,
as well
as policies on the testing and deployment of new telecommunications
technologies
Signature(s)
Date: 19/9/07