Children and the Environment – by Martin Rosenbaum - some discussion of radiation and childhood cancer

Peter Limbrick writes: This was a forward-looking book with a chapter on the dangers of radiation (pp 46-53). Rosenbaum builds the case that children are more susceptible to environmental hazards than adults and describes how the environment created by adults damages the health and well-being of children.  Written twenty years ago, there is reference to 'some weak evidence' linking electromagnetic fields and childhood leukaemia.

A quick look at NCB's website shows no books at all when I searched under Rosenbaum, environment and radiation. It is to be hoped NCB will revisit this important issue with a publication showing current understanding of the dangers of mobile phones, wi-fi laptops, ipads, etc. to the nation's babies, young children and teenagers.

There is a great need for health and safety policies in our nurseries, schools and colleges to protect children from electromagnetic radiation and NCB could become leaders in this work.  Of course, we are all vulnerable and I wonder whether NCB, after publishing this book, has instituted health and safety policies within their own organisation to protect their workers – especially women who are pregnant or hoping to become pregnant.

Children and the Environment. Published by NCB (National Children's Bureau), 1993.