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2020: The Ministry of Health and Russian Committee for Non-ionizing Radiations Protection Recommendations During Quarantine, PDF of Letter in Russian 

Short Summary of Recommendations. 

• Reduce using of computers by children when they don’t go to school now (quarantine etc). 
• Don’t use smartphones for educational purposes until age of 18.
• For all age categories for reading and completing tasks it is recommended to use mainly ordinary books, notebooks.
• Children under 6 years old must completely exclude the use of any computer equipment for educational purposes at home.
• Children aged 6 to 12 are advised to minimize the use of computer equipment for educational purposes at home conditions.
•  If necessary to use headphones, limit continuous use to no more than an hour at a volume of not more than 60%.
• Children aged 6 to 12 are advised to minimize the use of computer equipment for educational purposes at home conditions.
• Total the duration of all types of on-screen activities for children of this age group should not exceed 2 hours per day (including viewing TV). 
• Using tablets for distance learning at home conditions is permissible by adolescents over 15 years of age. Before use tablet, wash your hands and wipe the screen with a disinfectant means (wet towel). 
• The location of the WiFi point should be on a distance of at least 5 m from the student’s workplace. The tablet is placed on table on a stand at an angle of 30 ° , the distance from the screen to the pupil’s eyes is not less than 50cm. It is necessary to exclude work with a laptop or tablet on knees, in hands, lying and the like.

2019: The Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection is calling for the release of new EMF hazard warning signs for mobile phones, wireless devices and other EMF sources. This follows the release of a published paper by Professor Oleg Grigoriev and ex-deputy minister of communication, Dr Prof Yuri Zubarev. The paper was published in September, 2019 in the oldest Russian journal of the communications industry. News coverage such as “Due to low control over the safety of mobile phones, Russians risk their health” showcases the  warnings and public health opinions. 

The article featured numerous scientific and public health experts warning of the health impacts of cell phone radiation and our of date radiation compliance tests which allow excessive radiation.

Professor Oleg Grigoriev is the Chairman for the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Dr.Sc. (radiobiology), Ph.D. (radiobiology & hygiene of non-ionizing radiation) Laureate of Prize of the Russian Federation Government (for science and technology, Chairman, Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection, Member, Scientific Consul for Radiobiology of Russian Academy of Science, Member, IAC of the WHO EMF project

The Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection images and updates curtesy of Radiation Research reporting. 

• 2019 News Article 
• Image of Warning Stickers 
• Image of Warning stickers in Russian
• Warning sticker on a router
• Federal News: Due to low control over the safety of mobile phones, Russians risk their health”
• Document on the need for warning signs  
• RUSSIA BioEMF SOFTWARE RECOMMENDATIONS PREVENTIVE POLICY FOR LIMITING PUBLIC EXPOSURE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD

2020: Recommendations to Reduce Exposure Issued by the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being

Recommendations to Parents for Using Your Mobile Phone Safely

Translated by Google 01/10/2020

1. A conversation on a mobile phone should not last more than 2 minutes, and the minimum pause between calls should be at least 15 minutes. It is much safer to write text messages than to hold the phone near your ear.
2. Hold the handset of the mobile phone at a distance from the ear, for its lower part and vertically. The attenuation of radio waves occurs in proportion to the square of the distance traveled, therefore, by moving the tube away from the ear by just a centimeter and thus increasing the distance to the brain by half, you can reduce the power, radiation exposure to the brain, four times.
3. It is better to bring the tube to your ear after answering at that end. At the time of the call, the mobile phone operates at its maximum capacity, regardless of the communication conditions in the given place. At the same time, 10-20 seconds after the start of the call, the radiated power is reduced to the minimum acceptable level. It is pointless to put a phone to your ear also because the first long beep does not appear immediately.
4. Many children often send SMS messages or are excessively addicted to games built into cell phones. Such regular and prolonged tension on the growing hand and fingers can cause various disorders of the bones and joints. In addition, while playing, the child is forced to examine a small image, looks at the backlit screen for a long time, all the time at the same distance from the eyes. This is a serious strain on the eyes and can have a very negative effect on vision.
5. It is recommended to remove glasses with a metal frame during a conversation: the presence of such a frame can lead to an increase in the intensity of the electromagnetic field affecting the user.
6. It is not recommended to place mobile phones near you while you sleep.
7. Do not constantly keep your mobile phone with you, for example, in your trouser pocket.
8. Contacts with a mobile phone should be limited, especially if this is not necessary.
9. It is better to carry a mobile phone in a bag; you should not keep a cell phone for a long time on your chest, belt, or chest pocket.

Read the recommendations  online here. 

The Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor) is a federal executive body that exercises responsibility for the development and implementation of state policy and legal regulation in the field of consumer protection, development and approval of state sanitary and epidemiological rules and hygienic standards, as well as the organization and implementation of the federal state sanitary and epidemiological surveillance and federal state supervision in the field of consumer protection.

2. The activities of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being are managed by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Issued Resolutions to Protect Individuals from Wireless Radiation 

• 2011 Original Resolution – “ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS FROM MOBILE PHONES: HEALTH EFFECT ON CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS”
• Official Recommendations: The Russian Federation specifically advises that those under the age of 18 should not use a mobile phone at all, recommends low- emission phones; and requires the following: on-device labelling notifying users that it is a source of RF-EMF, user guide information advising that ‘‘it is a source of harmful RF-EMF exposure’’ and the inclusion of courses in schools regarding mobile phones use and RF-EMF exposure issues. “Thus, for the first time in the human history, children using mobile telecommunications along with the adult population are included into the health risk group due to the RF EMF exposure….In children, the amount of so-called stem cells is larger than in adults and the stem cells were shown to be the most sensitive to RF EMF exposure….It is reasonable to set limits on mobile telecommunications use by children and adolescents, including ban on all types of advertisement of mobile telecommunications for children.”
• 2008 Original Decision – “Children and Mobile Phones:  The Health of the Following Generations is in Danger”
• 2012 – Video of Russian National Committee Meeting in which they repeatedly warn about electromagnetic radiation impacts on children and recommended WiFi not be used in schools.
• 2010 – Video of Yuri Grigoriev, President of the Russian National Committee, giving a lecture 
• Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection and EMF RF standards. New conditions of EMF RF exposure and guarantee of the health to population. Prof. Yu. Grigoriev Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Federal Medical Biophysical Centre, FMBA, Moscow, Russia. 
• Professor Yu.G. Grigoriev, Honorary Chairman of RNPCN, spoke at a meeting of the Bureau of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Radiobiology with a report on electromagnetic safety for the population in connection with the development of mobile communications
  • Professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences Yu.G. Grigoriev, is the oldest radiobiologist in the world, leading an active scientific work. He spoke at a meeting of the Bureau of the Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on radiobiology with the report “Mobile communication and electromagnetic danger for the population – modern risk assessment and forecast for the near future.” Yury Grigorievich believes that when using mobile phones, the brain is a critical organ. Professor Grigoriev: “No decisive experiments have been carried out to identify the effects of chronic exposure to the RF range on humans.” However, based on his seventy-year-old (!) Experience of a radiobiologist, he justifies and predicts “long-term consequences, up to the onset of malignant tumors.” Grigoriev noted that children are a particularly vulnerable part of the population in relation to environmental factors, and the electromagnetic field has become a risk group due to the early onset of exposure when using mobile phones and wireless communications. 
• 120 years since the defense of the first Russian thesis on the biological effects of the electromagnetic field
  • On May 25, 1898, Dr. Sergey Kostin defended his thesis “On the study of the physiological effect of the electric field on the motor nerve”.
  • One of the most important scientific results of the joint work of V.Ya. Danilevsky and S.I. Kostin is that they introduced the concept of a stimulus for an alternating electric field, and then electromagnetic radiation (“Hertz rays”), proving this hypothesis as a result of numerous experiments. The concept of the dependence of the effect of distance, intensity, Electromagnetic doses were also formulated in the works of Kostin and Danilevsky, then entering the classical concepts of hygiene of non-ionizing radiation. 

Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Website The Russian National Committee on the Protection against Non-ionizing Radiation (hereinafter referred to as the National Research and Design Agency for Nuclear Energy) was established in accordance with the decision of the Russian Scientific Commission on Radiation Protection under the Government of the Russian Federation on January 28, 1997. 

Videos of RNCNRP scientists 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDIrXqPjknI&feature=emb_logo
• https://tvkultura.ru/video/show/brand_id/57402/episode_id/1341523/video_id/1529943/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDJ1H2b1o-s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdH0hm1h8Jo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHlzyRXBdzU

Key Publications by the Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection 

• Scientific basis for the Soviet and Russian radiofrequency standards for the general public
• Evidence for Effects on the Immune System Supplement 2012 Immune System and EMF RF Prof. Yury Grigoriev, MD, Chairman Russian National Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Moscow, Russia, Chapter in Bioinitiative Report 

Article by Professor Grigoriev Yu.G. From electromagnetic smog to electromagnetic chaos. To the assessment of the danger of mobile communications for public health, July 2018 translated by Google translate 

“Over the past 25 years, there has been a global change in the electromagnetic environment on Earth, associated with the widest use of wireless communications by the population, which significantly changed the situation of artificial electromagnetic pollution of the external environment and the methodology for assessing the risks to the health of all population groups. 

In these difficult conditions, however, many authors, in their conclusions, neglect the concepts established in radiobiology when assessing the risk of exposure to electromagnetic radiation of ultrahigh frequencies (EMR UHF), which is connected, for example, with the concepts of a critical organ or critical system, the possibilities of accumulation of adverse effects and the formation of residual damage (long-term effects). Almost daily exposure to EMR microwave brain does not attract their attention.

We used classical radiobiological approaches to assess the danger of electromagnetic radiation of the microwave range of low non-thermal intensities, including mobile communications for the public and some data are presented on the negative impact on public health, including children – users of cell phones (PT). With specific examples, we consider the facts of a relative increase in the risk of developing brain tumors after a long period of active use of cellular phones. In many countries there is a complete disregard for the precautionary principle proposed by WHO. For the first time in the entire period of civilization, children are at risk. The recommendations of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) are ignored.

Even before the era of mobile communication development, there were significant differences in the approaches to the development of allowable doses for microwave EMP, but discussions are still ongoing about the possible adverse biological effects of these non-thermal low-level radiation. At the same time, a positive trend can be noted, due to the fact that almost all leading European countries already adequately assess the real danger of CT and have their own more stringent standards than in Russia (Austria, France, Italy, etc.).

At the same time, we are witnessing the silence by some scientists and important officials of many countries of the possible danger to the public from EMR mobile communications. As a fact, opposite decisions are being taken on the prevention and protection of the population, including children. At present, the current situation can be characterized as electromagnetic chaos in the habitat of the population. In our opinion, in the conditions of the existing electromagnetic chaos, it is necessary to inform the public that mobile communication in the absence of self-restraint can be dangerous to health. The population should have an independent choice of the type and mode of use of mobile communication. This choice is its voluntary risk.” Full article

Results of a Russian scientific literature review on the long-term exposure effects of radio-frequency and microwave radiaon in humans between 1960 and 1996