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Workshop on EMF and Health

Workshop on EMF and Health: Science and Policy to address public concerns,
Brussels, 11-12 February 2009

Venue: Auditorium, Breydel Building, Avenue d'Auderghem 45, 1040 Brussels

Presentations

Session 1 - The current EU regulatory framework

The current EU precautionary approach on EMF: Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC (410KB)
L. Bontoux
Health and Consumers Directorate General, European Commission
The role of standards in product safety: products and equipment emitting EMF (210KB)
P. Chadwick
CENELEC
Exposure of Workers to EMF in the European Union: Challenges and state of play (225KB)
G. Herbillon
Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Directorate General, European Commission
From scientific advice to safety in the EU product legislation (415KB)
M. Bogers
Enterprise and Industry Directorate General, European Commission

Session 2 - The latest assessments

Conclusions of the BioInitiative Report (1MB)
M. Kundi
BioInitiative Organizing Committee
Health Effects of Exposure to EMF (85KB)
M.-O. Mattsson
Member of SCENIHR - WG on EMF
The view from a broad European scientific consortium: the EMF-NET conclusions (250KB)
P. Ravazzani
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, the National Research Council in Milan

Session 3 - Comparing assessment approaches

The EMF-NET Methodology and Interpretation of Evidence (350KB)
G. d’Inzeo
University "Sapienza" of Rome - Italy
The BioInitiative Methodology (530KB)
M. Kundi
BioInitiative Organizing Committee
Epidemiology in EMF- Research Strength and Limitations (145KB)
J. Olsen
UCLA
The SCENIHR Assessment on EMF - Methodology (110KB)
M.-O. Mattsson
Member of SCENIHR - WG on EMF
The SCENIHR Assessment on EMF (275KB)
J. Schüz
Member of SCENIHR - WG on EMF
The View from ICNIRP (400KB)
Paolo Vecchia
ICNIRP

Session 4 - Positions from the stakeholders

Why people are worried about EMF: a UK perspective (200KB)
E. O’Connor
UK Radiation Research Trust
EMF: Specific issues related to the workplace (85KB)
M. Sapir
European Trade Union Institute
Health, Information and Good Practice (1MB)
A. Freeman
GSMA Europe
Health & Environment Alliance (320KB)
C. Farrar-Hockley
Health & Environment Alliance
International EMF Policy Developments (145KB)
M. Milligan
Mobile Manufacturers Forum
EMF Risk Communication Five Cardinal Rules (1.5MB)
P. Wiedemann
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
EMF: Evaluating Evidence and Use of the Precautionary Principle (870KB)
D. Gee
European Environment Agency

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