PPS 10 Telecommunications·Page 11·2.18
Government Acceptance of Precautionary Approach and ICNIRP Compliance
The Government accepted the IEGMP's recommended precautionary approach to mobile phone technologies. Mobile phone base station emissions must meet ICNIRP public exposure guidelines as set out in EU Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC, and operators have adjusted existing sites to comply.
The IEGMP recommended a precautionary approach, comprising a series of specific measures, to the use of mobile phone technologies until there is more detailed and scientifically robust information on any health effects. The Government's response to the IEGMP report includes acceptance of the recommended precautionary approach advised by the Group. Specific recommendations in the report and up-to-date responses include the following: that emissions from mobile phone base stations should meet the ICNIRP guidelines for public exposure as expressed in the EU Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300GHz). The mobile phone operators have now assessed and where necessary adjusted their existing base station sites to ensure that they meet the ICNIRP public exposure guidelines, which are more stringent than the
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