Subject:  News from Australia (Benson)..
Date:     Wed, 19 Jul 2000 053430 -0500
From:     Roy Beavers 
To:       Roy Beavers 
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Subject: RE: News from Australia
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:29:42 +1000
From: "Benson, Sarah (Sen L. Allison)" 
To: "'guru@emfguru.com'" 



> Hi Roy
> 
> Here is our response to your call for action!!  Senator Allison has been
> on
> radio on this all morning.
> 
> Sarah Benson
> 
> Aust should match US mobile phone emission law - Dems 
> 
> Wednesday, 19 Jul 2000 at 06:31am; Category: Financial Wire; High
> priority;
> Story No. 4477. 
> 
>    CANBERRA, July 19 AAP - The Australian Democrats have urged the 
> federal government to follow the United States' lead and force 
> mobile phone makers to provide information on emission levels.
>    The Democrats' telecommunications spokeswoman Lyn Allison said 
> if information on emission levels from phones was available it 
> should be given to consumers so they could factor it into their 
> choices.
>    The call came as it was revealed the number of mobile phone 
> services in Australia had increased by more than 500,000 in just 
> three months to June.
>    The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) said 
> this brought the total number of mobile services in the country to 
> just over 8.5 million.
>    The US has set a radiation measurement called the specific 
> absorption rate, the amount of radiation absorbed while using a 
> mobile phone.
>    Senator Allison said consumers in Australia had already 
> indicated their concerns by buying hands-free kits.
>    "Given current health concerns, manufacturers should ensure 
> consumers have access to all available information," she said in a 
> statement.
>    She said there were complexities surrounding mobile phone 
> emissions.
>    "People need to be educated, informed and warned about the 
> circumstances in which their phones are more likely to emit 
> stronger signals and produce emissions.
>    "There has been no definitive evidence on the safety of mobile 
> phone use so it is hard to say how this relatively recent product 
> will impact on the health of users."
>    Senator Allison is chairing a Senate inquiry into 
> electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones.
>    A report is due at the end of October.
>    AAP   
> 
> 19-07 0631
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