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Thursday 3 February 2000

The National Radiological Protection Board has been asked by Health Ministers to set up an Independent Expert Group to consider public health concerns about the use of mobile phones.

Under the chairmanship of Sir William Stewart, FRS, FRSE, the Expert Group (IEGMP) is conducting a rigorous assessment of existing research and will give advice based on the present state of knowledge.

As part of its review, the Expert Group is holding a series of open meetings at various locations in the UK. The fifth meeting will take place in Belfast.

Start:

19:00, Thursday 3 February 2000

Venue:

Peter Froggatt Centre
Main Site
The Queen's University of Belfast
Belfast
BT7 1NN

The public and any interested groups are invited to attend the meeting and give their views on any issues related to possible health effects of mobile phones and transmission masts.

For those unable to attend the meeting, written evidence should be submitted 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

This information was also published in the Belfast News and the News Letter on 27 January, and in the Belfast Telegraph and the Irish Times on 28 January 2000.

Press Release IEGMP/P8

First issued 17 January 2000