Microwave News wrote to IARC Director Christopher Wild: "Just about every single human being on the planet now uses or will soon use a mobile phone —and will be affected by the working group's decision in Lyon in May. The credibility of the panel's decisions will surely be questioned when people find out that industry was invited to the meeting and the press was barred. IARC's perceived commitment to public health hangs in the balance. The best way for IARC to win the trust of the public is to make the process as open as possible..."
Microwave News, 23 March 2011
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has invited three industry operatives to sit in on its weeklong assessment of the cancer risks associated with exposure to wireless radiation and other sources of RF/microwave radiation. Representatives fromCTIA, the Wireless Association, the Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF) and the GSM Association will all be allowed to attend the IARC review. The meeting will be held in Lyon, France, May 24-31.
Two of the three, MMF's Joe Elder and CTIA's Mays Swicord used to work for Motorola's RF/MW research group in Florida. Jack Rowley will be there on behalf of the GSM trade group. The only other observers at the meeting will be Claire Marrant of France's Léon Bérard Centre and Robert Nuttall of the Canadian Cancer Society.
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