SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) —The health impacts of cell phone use remain an ongoing debate, particularly concerning whether cell phones emit electromagnetic waves and their potential link to brain disease, which has been under discussion since the late 2000s. In 2011, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced Tuesday that it has developed a virtual model of a human body to verify the risk of electromagnetic waves. The models come both in male and female shapes, heads, and primate versions consisting of more than 100 varieties of organs and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has decided to measure the levels of electromagnetic waves generated by portable fans and electronic cigarettes and disclose the results. The decision comes at a point where consumers have been facing constant difficulties accessing information about the level of electromagnetic waves being generated by these [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Electromagnetic waves detected inside of subway trains operating in Seoul and the surrounding areas have been found to be extremely low, a study showed Thursday. According to the study released by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the average amount of electromagnetic fields emitted from long-term evolution (LTE) networks [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent report from the National Radio Research Agency has revealed that an LG smartwatch has the highest Specific Absorption Rate, as part of an EM wave absorption analysis for Apple, Samsung and LG smartwatches. The SAR measures the rate at which energy is absorbed by the human body [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Does excessive exposure to electromagnetic waves increase the chance of having a daughter? Do microwave ovens cause cancer? Are cellphones killing bees? Prior to the “First Electromagnetic Waves Safety Forum” which will be held on June 23 at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Center, the National Radio Research [...]