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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,...
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The use of the mobile phone by children is a special point of attention. Children may be more sensitive to radio waves. Children absorb twice as much radiation in the brain than...
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Do you wonder if the use of the wireless phone or WiFi brings you in contact with a strong electromagnetic radiation and implies a risk for that reason? Not every type of device...
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The RoHS directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS: “Restriction of Hazardous Substances”) lays down legal limits for certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. Due to...
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When electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) becomes waste, we refer to it as “WEEE” (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment). For this waste, particular regulations apply...