Tasks
for the experts
Presentation and assessment of the scientific level
of knowledge on possible health impacts of mobile telephones
1.
In
a first step, the scientific literature should be reviewed
with respect to investigation results of significance
for the assessment of possible health impacts by mobile
phone fields. From all the studies found, approx. 100
should then be named which the expert regards as particularly
relevant for assessing the health effects of mobile
phones. In particular, health-relevant effects on humans
and animals as well as on the cellular level should
be contained:
- triggering
and promotion of cancerous diseases,
- influences
on the nervous system and the brain function,
- influences
on behaviour,
- control
of the permeability of the blood-brain barrier,
- influences
on the cardiovascular system,
- deteriorations
of the immune system,
- disturbances
of reproduction and embryonic development, effects
at the cellular level such as influences on gene expression,
gene toxicity, cell communication, cell proliferation,
enzyme activities.
2.
In a second step, the selected 100 key studies should
be assessed. Assessment criteria should be:
- the
relevance to health of the effects identified (including
transferability to humans),
- the
suitability of the model/research object,
- the
suitability and correct application of the investigation
method,
- the
correct determination and documentation of the investigation
conditions (exposure, other influences, pretreatment
etc.)
- the
reliability of the results (replication of the investigation,
validation by other investigations and theoretical
models, the publication in a recognized specialist
journal).
3.
Finally,
based on the assessment of the selected studies, the health
risks of mobile phone fields to humans should be assessed,
corroborating the statements on risks by means of the
studies assessed. Moreover, a possible demand for research
against the background of the results from the first two
assessment steps should be formulated. The project should
include a detailed documentation of the individual steps. |