EMFnEAR is an exploratory project with an anticipatory function which addresses the study of the potential health effects of UMTS phones on the hearing system of animals and humans, which is a highly sensitive biological system to exogenous and endogenous agents and the first one to be affected by the microwaves. The EMFnEAR results represents the first international and European statement about this type of hazards for hearing. EMFnEAR, based on the experimental study of the effects of UMTS on humans and animals, to allow investigations on inter-species variability and in different species, in order to limit uncertainties, to establish a more reliable data set and to improve the scientific basis for extrapolation from animal data to humans. The EMFnEAR resultl gives a contribution to the revision of Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields in the frequency region around UMTS 2 GHz.
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- to encourage and support in close cooperation with DG Health and Consumer Protection efforts within the public health and scientific communities to contribute to a sustainable information and knowledge system for public health development in the European Union in connection with the 2005 EUPHA conference in Graz; - to provide a forum for discussing the programme of Community action in the field of public health at the 2005 EUPHA Conference in Graz; - to encourage the development of an information and knowledge network by linking activities of the EUPHA sections with activities of the `Working Parties` supported by the EU public health action programme; - to establish and operate an internet platform for exchanging information and knowledge on tackling major health determinants within the health promotion and health services sectors; - to summarise and communicate the discussions and the results of the 2005 EUPHA conference in Graz.
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