TY - JOUR
T1 - Protect children from EMF
AU - Markov, M.
AU - Grigoriev, Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/7/3
Y1 - 2015/7/3
N2 - The twenty-first century is marked with aggressive development of the wireless communications (satellite, mobile phones, Internet, Wi-Fi). In addition to thousand of satellites that deliver radio and TV signals, large satellite and base station networks secure intensive instant delivery of audio and video information. It is fair to say that that the entire civilization, both biosphere and mankind are exposed to continuous exposure of multitude of radiofrequency (RF) signals. It should be taken into account that the entire world population is exposed to exponentially increasing RF radiation from base stations and satellite antennas. While several years ago the potential hazard was connected with placement of mobile phones close to human head, today "smart phones" represent small, but powerful computers continuously receiving audio and video data. The largest group of users is the children and teenagers who "need" to communicate nearly 24 h a day. This is even more important because cell phones and tablets may be seen in the hands of children as little as two years in age. There is no way to assess and predict the potential damages of children brain, vision and hearing under exposure to RF radiation. The WHO precautionary principle and IARC classification must be applied in discussing the potential hazard of the use of todays and tomorrows communication devices.
AB - The twenty-first century is marked with aggressive development of the wireless communications (satellite, mobile phones, Internet, Wi-Fi). In addition to thousand of satellites that deliver radio and TV signals, large satellite and base station networks secure intensive instant delivery of audio and video information. It is fair to say that that the entire civilization, both biosphere and mankind are exposed to continuous exposure of multitude of radiofrequency (RF) signals. It should be taken into account that the entire world population is exposed to exponentially increasing RF radiation from base stations and satellite antennas. While several years ago the potential hazard was connected with placement of mobile phones close to human head, today "smart phones" represent small, but powerful computers continuously receiving audio and video data. The largest group of users is the children and teenagers who "need" to communicate nearly 24 h a day. This is even more important because cell phones and tablets may be seen in the hands of children as little as two years in age. There is no way to assess and predict the potential damages of children brain, vision and hearing under exposure to RF radiation. The WHO precautionary principle and IARC classification must be applied in discussing the potential hazard of the use of todays and tomorrows communication devices.
KW - Children protection
KW - Wi-Fi radiation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84943563333&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/15368378.2015.1077339
DO - 10.3109/15368378.2015.1077339
M3 - Article
C2 - 26444201
AN - SCOPUS:84943563333
SN - 1536-8378
VL - 34
SP - 251
EP - 256
JO - Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
JF - Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
IS - 3
ER -