INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
ICNIRP, International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Guidelines, compulsory to comply with by the European Union countries
http://www.icnirp.de/

The report titled “Mobile Phones, Base Stations and Health” (http://www.iegmp.org.uk/) by UK Department of Health (www.doh.gov.uk/mobilephones/index.html), NRPB, National Radiation Protection Board (www.nrpb.org.uk), and the independent group of experts chaired by Sir William Stewart.

The report titled “Electromagnetic Fields and Public Health; Mobile Phones Base Stations” (Fact Sheet No: 193) within the scope of the “World Health Organization Electromagnetic Fields Project” (WHO EMF Project, www.who.int/peh-emf/index.htm) started by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1996 and still being continued.

The report titled “Cellular Phone Antennas and Human Health” (www.mcw.edu/gcrc/cop/cell-phone-health-FAQ/toc.html) published by an American independent specialist researcher, Prof. Dr. John MOULDER (Medical College of Wisconsin).

The report titled “Mobile Phones, Base Stations and Health” published by Australian Mobile Telecommunication Association (http://www.amta.org.au/).

The report titled “Consumer Update on Mobile Phones” published by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (http://www.tunctelekom.com.tr/www.fda.gov/cdrh/ocd/mobilphone.html).

As pointed out in these reports, the values of exposure to RF radiation arising from the base stations are much below the safety limit values mentioned in the regulations. As a result of the experiments so far, it is informed that there is no risk for cancer development in a living organism as a result of exposure to RF radiation arising from mobile phones. The ministry of Communications accepted the limits by ICNIRP, and issued the regulation titled “Regulation on Installation Location, Measurements, Operation and Inspection of Base Stations of Mobile Telecommunication Networks” in the Official Gazette with issue no 24130 on 4 August 2000. According to the table in Article 13 of this regulation of the limit values permitted on the base stations within the frequency band GSM 900 MHz, the electric field intensity is given as 41.1 V/m, the magnetic field intensity as 0.1092 A/m, and the power intensity as 4.5 W/m2; and within the frequency band GSM 1800 MHz, according to the table of limit values permitted on the base stations, the electric field intensity is given as 58.1 V/m, the magnetic field intensity as 0.1544 A/m, and the power intensity as 9 W/m2. According to the results of many measurements so far, the values of the electric, magnetic field and power intensity of currently active stations are much below these safety limits.