§ The Earl of Northeskasked Her Majesty's Government:
What action, if any, they intend to take to investigate the phenomenon of electronic smog from the perspective of public health.
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonThe Government obtain advice from the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) on the risks to health of exposure to electromagnetic fields and radiation—referred to by some as "electronic smog".
The NRPB' s advice is based on its own research and careful assessments of published scientific studies by its Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation under the Chairmanship of Professor Sir Richard Doll, the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation and the World Health Organisation.
Advice on limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields and radiation can be found in Documents of the NRPB-Board Statement on Restrictions on Human Exposure to Static and Time Varying Electromagnetic Fields and Radiation, Volume 4, No. 5, (1993). Copies were placed in the Library.