Worker Safety

December 9, 2025

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Working safely around mobile base stations and other facilities with radio frequency transmitters In August 2025, Safe Work Australia published guidance on working safely around radio frequency electromagnetic radiation explaining that everyone in the workplace has WHS duties under the WHS Act. The information sheet from Safe Work Australia provides...

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Latest EME and health research update – July 2025

July 28, 2025

Latest News Mobile Networks Safety

28 July, 2025: AMTA has released its latest publication highlighting key developments in the state of the science on Electromagnetic Energy (EME) and health research, mobile and wireless communications technology health and safety standards and related regulation and public information. For detailed information and updates on EME health research, click...

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Latest EME and health research update – May 2024

April 10, 2024

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AMTA has released its latest publication highlighting key developments in the state of the science on Electromagnetic Energy (EME) and health research, mobile and wireless communications technology health and safety standards and related regulation and public information. For detailed information and updates on EME health research, click the link below....

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RF Safety Program

May 10, 2022

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What is the AMTA RF Safety Program? The AMTA RF Safety Program is a compliance strategy developed by the mobile carriers to meet the legislation requirements of: ACMA Radiocommunications Licence Conditions OH&S Why use the AMTA RF Safety Program? The AMTA RF Safety Program enables management of cumulative site EME in...

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New EME safety standard released

February 25, 2021

Mobile Networks Safety

Published on: Feb 25, 2021 The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) welcomes the release of a revised EME safety standard by the Australian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA). The revised Standard called Radiation Protection Series – S1 (RPS S-1) sets limits of exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic energy (EME) across...

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ARPANSA EME report

July 30, 2020

Health & Safety Mobile Networks Safety

Mobile devices work by sending and receiving low power radio signals, directly to a mobile base station. The radio signal generated by mobile phone base station antennas is often referred to as radiofrequency Electromagnetic Energy (EME). Like many other things, base stations (and more specifically, EME levels) are subject to...

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New ICNIRP safety guidelines

March 25, 2020

Health & Safety Mobile Networks Safety

AMTA welcomes the release of the latest international guidelines for the protection of humans exposed to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. The updated guidelines released by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) include over 20 further years of research since the 1998 review and apply to all existing networks (3G and...

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Research into the health effects of 5G

August 30, 2019

Health & Safety Mobile Networks Safety

The electromagnetic frequencies used for 5G are part of the radio frequency spectrum which has been extensively researched in terms of health impacts for decades. 5G operates at a higher frequency than previous 4G networks so it can carry more data but can’t travel as far. This means it will...

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What do experts say about 5G and health?

August 26, 2019

Health & Safety Mobile Networks Safety

Comprehensive international guidelines exist governing exposure to radio waves including the frequencies proposed for 5G. The limits have been established by independent scientific organisations, such as the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), and include substantial margins of safety to protect all people including children and the elderly at...

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Mobile phone base stations and health

June 24, 2019

Health & Safety Mobile Networks Safety

Mobile devices work by sending and receiving low power radio signals, directly to a mobile base station. The radio signal generated by mobile phone base station antennas is often referred to as radiofrequency Electromagnetic Energy (EME). Like many other things, base stations (and more specifically, EME levels) are subject to...

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EME Update – Previous Editions

May 3, 2019

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EME Update April 2024 EME Update March 2023 EME Update February 2022 EME Update June 2021 EME Update June 2020 EME Update December 2019 EME Update Interphone Edition May 08

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No link between mobile phone use and brain cancers

May 1, 2019

Health & Safety Mobile Networks Safety

A study led by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) published with the British Medical Journal Open found no link between the use of mobile phones in Australia and incidence of brain cancers. Mobile phones have transformed the telecommunications industry over the last few decades. They allow us...

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