FYI: here is the latest official WHO position
------ Forwarded Message > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 13:54:12 +0200 > > Subject: New WHO Fact Sheet: ELF and Cancer > > Please find attached a copy of the recently published WHO Fact Sheet: > "ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND PUBLIC HEALTH > Extremely low frequency fields and cancer > In 1996, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the International > Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) Project to address the health issues associated > with exposure to EMF. The EMF Project is currently reviewing research > results and conducting risk assessments of exposure to static and extremely > low frequency (ELF) electric and magnetic fields. WHO plans to conduct an > evaluation of all health effects from ELF field exposure in 2002-3. > Whenever electricity is conducted through transmission lines, distribution > lines or is used in appliances, both electric and magnetic fields exist > close to the lines or appliances. The power frequency used is 50 or 60 Hz. > Use of electric power has become part of everyday life. However, questions > have been raised as to whether these and other ELF fields are carcinogenic. > The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - a specialized > cancer research agency of WHO - has recently concluded the first step in > WHO's health risk assessment process by classifying ELF fields with respect > to the strength-of-the-evidence that they could cause cancer in humans. > <http://monographs.iarc.fr/>." etc etc ........ > > You can find a copy of this fact sheet on the WHO EMF Project Website at: > http://www.who.int/peh-emf/publications/facts_press/efact/efs263.html > And the French Version at: > http://www.who.int/peh-emf/publications/facts_press/FS263%20French.htm > > > <<263 ELF and Cancer French.htm>> <<263 ELF and Cancer.htm>> > > Kind regards > > Sarah > > *************************************************** > Sarah Bullock > Secretary, Radiation Group > Occupational and Environmental Health > World Health Organization > 20 Avenue Appia > CH-1211 Geneva 27 > Switzerland > > Tel +41 22 791 40 76 > Fax +41 22 791 41 23 > Email [email protected] > *************************************************** > > ------ End of Forwarded Message
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