8 Amendments of Kathy SINNOTT related to 2008/2211(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas wireless technology (mobile phones, Wi-Fi/WiMAX, Bluetooth, DECT landline telephones) is considered to be a ‘clean’ technology, but that fact cannot be treated as proof of its harmlessness to human health,. Variance in vulnerability to the effects of electromagnetic fields due to age, health, genetics and electronsensitivity syndrome should be considered.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas most European citizens, especially young people aged from 10 to 20, use a mobile phone, an object serving a practical purpose and as a fashion accessory, but there are continuing uncertainties about the possible health risks, particularly to young people whose brains are still developing
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Renews its call to the Council in its above-mentioned resolution of 4 September 2008 to update its Recommendation 1999/519/EC by laying down stricter exposure limits for all devices emitting electromagnetic waves in the frequency range between 0.1 MHz and 300 GHz, taking into account the best available techniques on the market (BAT);, including reducing electromagnetic field exposure through the burial of high density wires conducting electricity underground and finding optimal locations for masts,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that as well as, or as an alternative to, amending European standards along the above lines, the Commission, working in coordination with experts from Member States and the industries concerned (electricity companies, telephone operators and manufacturers of electrical appliances including mobile phones), should draw up a guide to available technology options serving to reduce exposure to electromagnetic waves;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that industry stakeholders can already influence certain factors, for example the distance between a given site and the transmitters, the height of the site in relation to the height of the base station, or the direction of a transmitting antenna in relation to living environments, and, indeed, should obviously do so in order to reassure, and afford better protection to, the people living close to such facilities; calls for optimal placement of masts and transmitters and further calls for the sharing of masts and transmitters placed in this way by providers so as to reduce the proliferation of poorly positioned masts and transmitters.
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, given the increasing numbers of legal actions and, for that matter, measures by public authorities having the effect of a moratorium, it is in the general interest to encourage solutions based on negotiations involving industry stakeholders, public authorities, and residents’ associations to determine the criteria for setting up new GSM antennas or high-voltage power lines, and to ensure at least that schools, crèches, rest homes, domestic homes and health care institutions are kept clear, within a reasonable distance, of facilities of this type;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention in this context to the appeal for caution from the coordinator of the Interphone study, Elisabeth Cardis, who, in the light of existing knowledge, recommends, as far as children are concerned, that mobile and cordless phones should not be used beyond reasonable limits and that corded landlines should be preferred;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Also suggests to the Commission, to make for efficiency in policy and budget terms, that the Community funding earmarked for studies on electromagnetic fields be switched to finance a wide- ranging awareness campaign to familiarise young Europeans with good mobile phone techniques, such as the use of hands-free kits, keeping calls short, not carrying phones on their person, switching off phones when not in use (such as when in classes) and using phones in areas that have good reception;