RADIATION PROTECTION: GREENS CONCERNED ABOUT ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION From: Europe Environment | Date: July 20, 1993 | COPYRIGHT 1993 Europe Information Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Summary:

Following an international colloquium on the risks of ionising radiation, the Greens in the European Parliament have called for an EC Directive to limit electromagnetic pollution. The dangers of this type of pollution, they claim, are being downplayed by large monopolistic electricity producers. Paul Lannoye, President of the Green group, is preparing a report on this issue.

Several scientists attending the meeting, which ended on July 6, stressed the risk...

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