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Do the EAS systems imply a health risk?Threshold values have been established (threshold values on the current density and SAR value) to protect the population against known short...
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As a result of the ban on incandescent lamps on the European market, alternative types of lamps (with a better energy efficiency) become available on the market. Because energy...
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Incandescent lampsAn incandescent lamp produces light through heating a filament. Most energy is radiated in the infrared (IR) area (as heat instead of light), which results in a...
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Concerning health and safety, lamps fall under the scope of the low voltage directive 2006/95/EC. This directive requires that radiation emissions of electrical equipment do not...
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Quality and safety standards for healthcare in another country of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland
Healthcare is provided according to the...
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Optical radiation (visible light, UV and infrared light) is biologically active, that is to say that biological effects may occur. With too strong or protracted exposure, these...
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Optical radiation (visible light, UV and infrared light) only implies a risk with very strong light sources (flash lights, lasers) and in the industrial work environment. Lamps...
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It is hard to imagine life today without the mobile phone. Nearly four million mobile phones are sold each year. Today more than 90% of young people between 10 and 17 years of age...
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Rules imposed by EuropeMobile telephones use radio waves. That is why they fall under the European R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC (R&TTE stands for 'Radio and...
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Even though mobile telephones meet the standards, there are still factors that justify careful use and further research into the possible health effects of this technology,...