• DocumentCode
    3725516
  • Title

    Workers exposure to cell phone radiations

  • Author

    Simona Valbonesi;Bruno Bisceglia

  • Author_Institution
    Consorzio Elettra 2000, Pontecchio Marconi (BO), Italy
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The Supreme Court of Cassation of Italy has recently recognized the occupational origin of a trigeminal schowannoma in a heavy user of mobile telephones. We describe and discuss the salient aspects of this unprecedented ruling as a case-study in the framework of the use (and misuse) of scientific evidences in toxic-tort litigation. The WHO (World Health Organization) has classified mobile phone radiation on the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) scale into Group 2B - possibly carcinogenic to humans on May 31, 2011. "Could be some risk" of carcinogenicity, so additional research into the long-term, heavy use of mobile phones needs to be conducted.
  • Keywords
    "Mobile handsets","Tumors","Acoustics","Cancer","Radio frequency","Cellular phones","Diseases"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMS.2015.7375436
  • Filename
    7375436