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Biological Compatibility
With regard to the question of whether electromagnetic fields (for example in
association with industrial wireless LANs) can put human health at risk, we refer to
a publication of BITKOM (German Association for information Technology,
Telecommunication and New Media e. V.), dated December 2003:
"The same regulations for the protection of health for all other radio
applications also apply to WLAN devices. These regulations are based on
the protection concept of ICNIRP 2 or the corresponding recommendation of
the European Council.
The independent German radiation protection commission (SSK) was
commissioned by the federal German ministry of the environment to
investigate the possible dangers - thermal and non-thermal - resulting from
electromagnetic fields and came to the following conclusions 3 :
"The SSK comes to the conclusion that even after evaluation of the latest
scientific literature, there is no new scientific evidence regarding proven
adverse effects on health that causes any doubt regarding the scientific
evaluation on which the protection concept of the ICNIRP or the European
Council recommendation."
The SSK also concludes that below the current limit values, these is also no
scientific suspicion of health risks.
This assessment agrees with those of other national and international
scientific commissions and of the WHO (www.who.int/emf).
Accordingly and in view of the fact that WLAN devices are significantly below
the scientifically established limit values, there are no health risks from the
electromagnetic fields of WLAN products.
2
International Council on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
3
'Limit Values and Precautionary Measures to Protect the General Public from Electromagnetic
Fields' Recommendation of the Radiation Protection Commission (SSK) with scientific
justification, Issue 29, 2001.
You will find further information on this topic under the following URL:
www.bitkom.org
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