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The Public Health Minister, Tessa Jowell, has asked the National Radiological Protection Board to set up an Independent Expert Group to consider public health concerns about the use of mobile phones.

The Group will conduct a rigorous assessment of existing research and give advice based on the present state of knowledge.

The Chairman of the Group, Professor Sir William Stewart, FRS, FRSE, invites written evidence relating to this topic.

Written evidence should be submitted by Friday, 15 October 1999 to:

Dr John W Stather
Secretary of the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones
IEGMP/WW
c/o National Radiological Protection Board
Chilton
Didcot
Oxon
OX11 0RQ

The Chairman of the Independent Expert Group can also be written to at:

Sir William Stewart, FRS, FRSE
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust
Trust Headquarters
Ninewells Hospital and Medical School
Dundee
DD1 9SY

The text is taken from Press Release IEGMP/P1. This information was also published in the Times and the Daily Mail on 10 September 1999, the Independent on 13 September 1999 and New Scientist on 16 September 1999.

First issued 12 October 1999 | Last updated 27 October 1999