The GSMA Health and Environment Newsletter says that on 2 April 2009, the European Parliament voted for science-based exposure limits for electromagnetic fields based on reviews by the SCENIHR.

It is clear support for the European Commission’s policy on radio signals and is consistent with the position of the World Health Organization that current safety recommendations protect everyone. Importantly, the Resolution confirmed that planning policies for mobile network antennas should be “determined by scientific criteria”.

This is consistent with the views of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, which voted by a majority of 43 to one, to reject proposals for arbitrary exclusion zones.