Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: This article refers to the scientifictechnologic-public debate, in Europe and the United States, about the effects of the radio frequencies emitted by the stations of mobile phones over public health. This conflict is still valid, because of the different evidences presented by each of the contenders. Those contenders are, on one hand, the physics, and on the other hand, the doctors, biologists and epidemiologists, who try to establish a cause-effect relationship between the technology of mobile phones and the affectation of public health, through several researches. Also, it is important the analysis of the public perception of the risks of this technology, and the roll of the regulation entities and experts in the adoption of public policies in these matters. Finally, it is siginificant to explain how the evidences are interpreted by each of the contenders.
Author: Uribe Valencia, Yamile
Institution: Universidad de Salamanca
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Biophysics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7217351460