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National Research Council’s last report talks about expanding US scientists’ researches on the negative effects of the exposure to the radiation emitted by cell phones, laptops and other wireless devices, highlighting the need for deeper investigations of the risks at which several people categories are exposed at, including children, pregnant women and fetuses.

National Research Council stated: “Although it is unknown whether children are more susceptible to radio-frequency exposure, they may be at increased risk because of their developing organ and tissue systems. Additionally, specific absorption rates for children are likely to be higher than for adults, because exposure wavelength is closer to the whole-body resonance frequency for shorter individuals. The current generation of children will also experience a longer period of RF field exposure from mobile-phone use than adults, because they will most likely start using them at an early age. The report notes that several surveys have shown a steep increase in mobile-phone ownership among children, but virtually no relevant studies of human populations at present examine health effects in this population.”