Is it dangerous to live near a base station?
Orange installs aerials and base station equipment according to the Council of the European Union recommendations. These are based on the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection’s (ICNIRP) reports. In June 2005, a conference organised by the World Health Organisation took place in Geneva, to evaluate the potential effects of mobile telephony base stations and other services on human health. The conclusion was that there exists no known risk associated with these sources of radiofrequency. This conclusion was re-iterated in Report 304/May 2006 – Base stations and wireless technologies (see www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs304/en/index.html).
