填空题 Mobile phone manufacturers are to begin labeling their products to show how much radiation they (31) amid continuing health concerns among consumers.
Finnish Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone (32) , US Motorola and Sweden's Ericsson are working to develop a standard for measuring the amount of cell phone (33) that is absorbed by human tissue.
The move comes in the wake of the Stewart inquiry in Britain that published findings in May recommending tough controls (34) implemented despite concluding there was no evidence of danger from mobile phone radiation.
"This is an (35) consumers feel (36) about, and we want them to get the relevant (37) ," Ericsson Mobile Phones spokesman (38) health and safety issues Mikael Westmark said.
"With the huge increase (39) mobile phone users, more and more people want information about the products they use. "There are 570 million mobile phone users worldwide, and the figure is expected to (40) to 1.4 billion in five years' time.
Nokia's Tapio Hedman said consumers can get the radiation absorption figures (41) the US Federal Communication Commission. But he said manufacturers had to (42) on a single standard measurement and on (43) these figures could be explained simply to consumers.
"All research (44) for several years has not shown any evidence of a correlation (45) health effects and the use of mobile phones," Hedman said, adding all Nokia phones fulfilled relevant safety standards (46) by public authorities.
Ericsson (47) to start labeling its phone packages with SAR (specific absorption rate) values by April next year, (48) Motorola said it expected an agreement in early 2001 and would start labeling its products as soon as possible.
In August, a Maryland neurologist filed an $ 800 million lawsuit (49) several wireless providers and two umbrella organizations claimed that radiation from his cell phone was (50) for his malignant brain tumor.