§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of the potential health risks posed by mobile phone usage; and if he will make a statement; [2723]
(2) what assessment he has made of the possible health risks connected to the use of electric blankets; and if he will make a statement. [2710]
§ Ms JowellThe Department obtains advice from the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) on the risks to health of exposure to electromagnetic fields.
The NRPB's advice is based on its own careful assessment of published scientific studies and those carried out by the World Health Organisation, by the NRPB Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation, under the chairmanship of Professor Sir Richard Doll, and by the International Commission on Non-ionising Radiation.
The NRPB's advice is that there is no convincing scientific evidence that exposure to microwave radiation associated with mobile phone and electric blanket usage is harmful to human health.