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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-09-24more like thismore than 2019-09-24
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care remove filter
hansard heading 5G: Health Hazards more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of 5G towers on public health. more like this
tabling member constituency Motherwell and Wishaw remove filter
tabling member printed
Marion Fellows more like this
uin 290393 remove filter
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-10-02more like thismore than 2019-10-02
answer text <p>The Department has supported research in relation to concerns that there might be adverse effects from exposure to the low levels of radio waves from mobile phones and base stations.</p><p> </p><p>The independently managed Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) programme ran from 2001 until 2012 and funded 31 projects, leading to over 60 publications. Information about the MTHR programme and the studies it supported can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http:/www.mthr.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http://www.mthr.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to support research on exposure to radio waves, including the ongoing Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) and the Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phone studies (SCAMP) at Imperial College London. Information about these studies can be found at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.thecosmosproject.org/" target="_blank">http://www.thecosmosproject.org/</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.scampstudy.org/" target="_blank">http://www.scampstudy.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>Advice from Public Health England (PHE) is based on health-related evidence reviews prepared by scientific expert groups in the United Kingdom and around the world. The independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation published their report in the UK in 2012 and the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) published their report in 2015. These reviews are are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/scientific_committees/docs/citizens_emf_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Exposure measurements made at publicly accessible locations near to mobile phone base stations have consistently been well within the guidelines published by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection. PHE considers it is possible that there may be a small increase in overall exposure to radio waves when 5G is added to an existing network or in a new area. However, the overall exposure is expected to remain low relative to guidelines and as such there should be no consequences for public health.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has published information about exposure to the radio waves from mobile phone base stations, including those for 5G networks, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health</a></p><p> </p><p>PHE continues to monitor the health-related evidence applicable to radio waves and is committed to updating its advice as required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
grouped question UIN
290392 more like this
290394 more like this
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less than 2019-10-02T16:02:59.943Zmore like thismore than 2019-10-02T16:02:59.943Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Marion Fellows more like this