UK, Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Programme: TETRA signals are safe
The pulsed nature of TETRA handset transmissions has been a source of significant concern for the public and certain occupational groups. After years of study we can say that much of this concern is based on misunderstanding
Good news for the TETRA community!
New research that has been published in 2013 by the MTHR, has found there are no links between mobile phone technology such as TETRA and health problems such as cancer.
The 11-year study also found that exposure to emissions from base stations during pregnancy does not increase the chance of childhood leukaemia.
The findings come roughly four years after the World Health Organisation released reports that talking on a mobile phone 30 minutes a day increased the risk of developing a brain tumour by 40%.
TETRA and Health
The MTHR report is clear about the effect of TETRA signals. Non of the studies supported by the MTHR Programme provided any evidence that TETRA signals produce specific adverse effects in those exposed to them. There have been few other systematic studies of exposure to TETRA signals and the results published to date appear to be consistent with the findings from the MTHR Programme.
The report finishes: "Should positive findings emerge from currently unpublished work these may provide a basis for further investigation. However, in the absence of significant new data we feel there is no need for further research into the specific efects of TETRA signals.
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