RF Safety & Wireless News
EMF Radiation Poses Significant Emerging Risk for Insurers
The insurance industry remains diligent and cautious as they are cognizant that fortunes can change quickly. There remain a number of regulatory, legal and financial-related issues that could increase the frequency and severity of D&O losses. Of particular concern are continued increases in securities class action activity, corporate bankruptcies and bank failures.
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Seybold's take: cell site expansion is necessary for growth
We all know by now that we need to have cell sites in order to have cell coverage. As of January 2009, according to CTIA-The Wireless Association, in the United States there were over 245,000 cell sites. This represents coverage of 89 percent of the U.S. population, and wireless customers numbering more than 277 million. Also according to the CTIA, the number of wireless-only households is over 20 percent up from under 8 percent in 2005.
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Wireless Industry Announcement Re: Shot-Clock Petition
The item adopted today in Wireless Telecommunications docket 08-165 addresses a petition filed in July 2008 by CTIA, which had sought tower review deadlines of 45 and 75 days and had asked the FCC to rule that applications not acted upon by then would be deemed granted. In its petition for declaratory ruling, the trade group also asked the Commission to clarify that section 332(c)(7) of the 1934 Communications Act, as amended "bars zoning decisions that have the effect of prohibiting an additional entrant from offering service in a given area".
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RADIOFREQUENCIES : Afsset recommends reducing exposure (France)
For 20 years, technologies based on radio frequencies and its applications have multiplied and amplified. The sources of emission of electromagnetic fields have increased and health issues emerge. What are their biological effects?
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Will Liechtenstein call time on the mobile industry?
A referendum triggered by a new environmental protection law may result in the principality becoming the first country in the world to reject the benefits of mobile communications in favour of tighter protection against electromagnetic radiation.
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Electromagnetic radiation hazards - though less apparent than other risks - can be debilitating
Roofing workers often are confronted with some fairly obvious and significant health and safety hazards, such as working at great heights or operating powered equipment. A lesser known roofing industry hazard is electromagnetic radiation; however, the effects of this hazard can be debilitating.
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IBEW: Radio Frequency Radiation: Problem & Solution
You cannot see it, you cannot hear it, you cannot smell it - but exposure to radio frequency (RF) hazards can be harmful to humans. New cellular antennas and other RF emitting devices are being installed as quickly as possible.
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Does your company provide its workers with information about electromagnetic radiation risks?
Roofing workers often are aware of obvious and significant health and safety hazards. A lesser known roofing industry hazard is electromagnetic radiation.
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