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  Mobile phones pose no health risk: German study- Telecom-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times 

  http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Mobile_phones_pose_no_health_risk_German_study/articleshow/3183202.cms

  BERLIN: One in four Germans who worry that mobile phones and their transmission towers are health hazards can now relax following studies coordinated by the Berlin-based Federal Office for Radiation Protection ... (BfS). German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said more than 50 studies in the German Mobile Telecommunications Research Programme (DMF), conducted from 2002 to 2008, had found no evidence that mobile phones and transmission towers posed a health risk within the required limits for electromagnetic radiation. The programme was funded with 17 million euros ($26 million), a small sum compared with the billions of euros that the German government collected when it auctioned licenses for slices of Germany's UMTS airwave spectrum in 2000. Though the country's four mobile network operators provided half of the research funds, the BfS told critics that DMF procedures had ensured the objectivity of the studies. Research focused on the functioning mechanisms of high frequency electroma   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  electromagnetic waves, mobile phone, radiation, safety

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  Transportation.qxp [pdf]

  http://www.biausa.org/BIAUSA.ORG/word.files.to.pdf/good.pdfs/factsheets/Transportation.pdf

  School Bus Safety circle6 According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration (NHTSA), school transportation is one of the safest forms of transportation in the United States. 1 circle6 School ... bus crash data show that a federal requirement for seatbelts on buses would provide little, if any, added protection in a crash. 1 circle6 Rather than requiring seatbelts, NHTSA decided that the best way to provide crash protection to passengers is through a concept called “compartmentalization.” This requires that the interior of large buses provide occupant protection so that children are protected without the need to buckle up. Occupant crash protection is provided by a protective envelope consisting of strong, closely- spaced seats that have energy-absorbing seat backs. Trasnsportation-related incidents are the leading cause of brain injury Motor Vehicle Safety circle6 Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15-to 20-year-olds. 2 circle6 Seat belts are 57% effectiv   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  accident, incident, safety, transport

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  Nuclear Power Plant Security and Vulnerabilities [pdf]

  http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34331.pdf

  Order Code RL34331 Nuclear Power Plant Security and Vulnerabilities January 18, 2008 Mark Holt and Anthony Andrews Specialists in Energy Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division Nuclear Power Plant ... Security and Vulnerabilities Summary The physical security of nuclear power plants and their vulnerability to deliberate acts of terrorism was elevated to a national security concern following the events of September 11, 2001. Title VI of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 regarding nuclear security amended the Atomic Energy Act with the addition of new provisions for security evaluations and rulemaking to revise the “Design Basis Threat.” The act included provisions for fingerprinting and criminal background checks of security personnel, their use of firearms, and the unauthorized introduction of dangerous weapons. The designation of facilities subject to enforcement of penalties for sabotage expanded to include treatment and disposal facilities. As part of security response evaluations,   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  nuclear power, nuclear power plant, safety, secutiy, vulnerability