Radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation and the health of Canadians : Rayonnement électromagnétique de radiofréquences et la santé des Canadiens : rapport du Comité permanent de la santé

RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND THE HEALTH OF CANADIANS Report of the Standing Committee on Health Ben Lobb Chair JUNE 2015 41st PARLIAMENT, SECOND SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION Reproduction of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees, in whole or in part and in any medium, is hereby permitted provi [...] The revised version of Safety Code 61 was published on 13 March, which was prior to the Committee’s first meeting on the issue.2 Andrew Adams, Director General of the Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate at Health Canada, stated to the Committee that “[w]ith the recent update, Canadians should be confident that the radiofrequency exposure limits in Safety Code 6 are now among th [...] The area occupied by the EMR is referred to as the electromagnetic field (EMF), and the farther away from the source of the EMR, the weaker the EMF becomes. [...] At that time, the Committee heard testimony relating to the development and implementation of Safety Code 6 as well as concerns relating to Safety Code 6. The Committee made the following recommendations: 1) That the Government of Canada consider providing funding to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in support of long-term studies examining the potential health impacts of exposure to rad [...] THE EXPERT PANEL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA ON SAFETY CODE 6 A. Role of the Expert Panel In 2013, Health Canada drafted revisions to Safety Code 6 and asked the Royal Society of Canada to establish an expert panel to review the proposed Code.