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Pediatrics
30
Nov

EMFSA November 2022 Newsletter

November 30, 2022
In this month’s newsletter: •Bless someone – 3 gift ideas •We take a preliminary look at the results of the very interesting online conference (ANSES and IARC/WHO); 23rd of October 2022: -Neonatal Health -5G: connected cars and cumulative exposure -5G: multiple and combined exposures -Cell phones and glioma risk •Other topics: 5G -satellites -cybersecurity -aviation...
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04
Dec

Environmental radiofrequency electromagnetic field levels in a department of pediatrics

December 4, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108894 Note by EMFSA: the authors suggest that: In a department of pediatrics, decreasing preterm neonates’ exposure to RF-EMFs should primarily involve a limitation on the use of wireless communication devices by staff members and parents.
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01
Dec

Associations Between Screen-Based Media Use and Brain White Matter Integrity in Preschool-Aged Children

December 1, 2019
November 4, 2019 JAMA Pediatr. Published online November 4, 2019. doi:https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3869 Question  Is screen-based media use associated with differences in the structural integrity of brain white matter tracts that support language and literacy skills in preschool-aged children? Findings  In this cross-sectional study of 47 healthy prekindergarten children, screen use greater than that recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines...
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19
Aug

Archbishop Makarios Hospital III Launches Initiative To Minimize Wireless Radiation Exposures To Children

August 19, 2019
Excerpts: The Archbishop Makarios III Hospital in Cyprus  has launched a project to minimize cell phone and wireless radiation exposure to pediatric patients. Wi-Fi is disabled and replaced with ethernet connections in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal unit. Parents are educated to keep cell phones away from children and out of the pediatric...
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