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    Precautionary measures

    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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    Electromagnetic radiation of lamps

    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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    Which lamps give which type of light?

    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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    Regulation and market surveillance concerning radiation emissions

    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 EU country

    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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    Health effects and limit values

    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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    Precautionary measures

    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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    Mobile phone and health

    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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    Legal framework and control for mobile phones

    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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    Mobile phone and brain cancer?

    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,...