Details
- Status
- Closed
- Opening date
- Deadline
- Department
- Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Target audience
Public health community
Why we are consulting
Public Consultation on the SCENIHR preliminary report on Potential health risks of exposure to noise from personal music players and mobile phones including a music playing function
Public consultation on the SCENIHR preliminary report on
Potential health risks of exposure to noise from personal music players and mobile phones including a music playing function
The European Commission has requested that SCENIHR prepares an opinion on the potential health risks of exposure to noise from personal music players and mobile phones including a music playing function. The preliminary version of the opinion can be found here.
The SCENIHR has approved a preliminary report which addresses whether there are health risks from exposure to noise from personal music players and mobile phones with a music playing function. In addition, the preliminary report identifies priority issues for further research in this topic.
Interested parties are invited to send their comments on the preliminary opinion via the following website
A document with guidelines for submission of contributions, containing criteria for the public consultation and guidance for submission can be found here.
Deadline for the submission of comments: 27 August 2008.
Please note that comments received after the deadline CANNOT be taken into account.
Please note that comments which do not relate to the scope of this public consultation or do not comply with the criteria for these public consultations will not be considered.
More information on SCENIHR and the other Scientific Committees of the European Commission can be found here
| This consultation is in line with the procedures for stakeholder dialogue published on 15 September 2007 by the European Commission's Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General |