Current list of members of Interagency Committee on the Health Effects of Non-Ionising Radiation, meeting minutes and processes

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Dear Ministry of Health,

1) Please provide an up-to-date list of the current members of the Interagency Committee for Health Effects of Non-Ionising Radiation.
2) Please provide e-mail addresses for these Committee members and/or an e-mail address to which correspondence can be sent to the Committee
3) Please provide the Minutes of the last three meetings of the Committee and the date of the next meeting
4) Please give details of the process by which relevant scientific research studies and reviews are brought to the attention of the Committee, including details of any individual responsibilities in this respect.
5) Please provide details of the 'checks and balances' in place to ensure that Committee members are being presented with the full range of relevant research and that ALL relevant studies are being brought to the attention of the committee, whether or not health effects are identified in the study.
6) Please give the names and qualifications of any Committee members having postgraduate qualifications or above in biology, epidemiology or similar fields of expertise.
7) Apart from the representatives of the telecommunications industry, please give details of any other members of the Committee who have employment, contractual or any other form of relationship with the telecommunications industry.

Yours faithfully,

Michael Vaughan

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NZ's most important Committee?

Is this the most important Committee in New Zealand? Hard to say, but it's certainly one of them. It provides advice to the Ministry of Health on the amount of radiation to which the NZ public can be exposed by the telecommunications industry. That includes children, babies and the unborn. Hopefully the Committee has plenty of independent scientists with high-level qualifications in biological fields, rather than being stacked with individuals representing industry and government interests. Let's see, shall we?

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Received: Mon Nov 28 2022 23:03:12 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
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Subject: Official Information request - Current list of members of
Interagency Committee on the Health Effects of Non-Ionising Radiation,
meeting minutes and processes

Dear Ministry of Health,

1) Please provide an up-to-date list of the current members of the
Interagency Committee for Health Effects of Non-Ionising Radiation.
2) Please provide e-mail addresses for these Committee members and/or an
e-mail address to which correspondence can be sent to the Committee
3) Please provide the Minutes of the last three meetings of the Committee
and the date of the next meeting
4) Please give details of the process by which relevant scientific
research studies and reviews are brought to the attention of the
Committee, including details of any individual responsibilities in this
respect.
5) Please provide details of the 'checks and balances' in place to ensure
that Committee members are being presented with the full range of relevant
research and that ALL relevant studies are being brought to the attention
of the committee, whether or not health effects are identified in the
study.
6) Please give the names and qualifications of any Committee members
having postgraduate qualifications or above in biology, epidemiology or
similar fields of expertise.
7) Apart from the representatives of the telecommunications industry,
please give details of any other members of the Committee who have
employment, contractual or any other form of relationship with the
telecommunications industry.

Yours faithfully,

Michael Vaughan

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