'The Stewart Report' - a report by the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones, issued in May 2000.

The full report can be seen on www.iegmp.org.uk.

This report gave advice to the Government on mobile phones. It was over 130 pages long.

Its main conclusions on the possible effects of mobile phone technology on human health included:

• despite public concern about the safety of mobile phones and base stations, rather little research specifically relevant to these emissions has been published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. This presumably reflects the fact that it is only recently that mobile phones have been widely used by the public., and as yet there has been little opportunity for any health effects to become manifest. There is however some literature from human and animal studies, and an extensive information base relating to potential health effects caused by exposure to RF radiation from mobile phone technology.
• The balance of evidence to date suggests that exposure to RF radiation below NRPB and ICNIRP guidelines do not cause adverse health effects to the general population.
• There is now scientific evidence however, which suggests that there may be biological effects occurring at exposure levels below these guidelines. This does not necessarily mean that these effects lead to disease or injury, but it is potentially important information.
• We recommend a precautionary approach to the use of mobile phone technologies be adopted until more detailed and scientifically robust information on any health effects becomes available.