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's friendly economy time.
Reporter Han Ji-yeon is also here today (3rd).
Electromagnetic waves seem to come from the portable fan, but these electromagnetic waves are harmful, not harmful.
<Reporter>
Yes, it was the last 26th, wasn't it?
Regarding the announcement by a civic group that electromagnetic waves emitted from portable fans can cause cancer, the government said that it was safe and that it could be used up.
When it's hot like these days, do you hang a portable fan around your neck or hold it in your hand for a long time?
NGOs claim that the government is applying the standard loosely without taking into account the fact that it can be exposed to electromagnetic waves for a long time.
Previously, the government tested a total of 20 types, including 10 portable fans tested by civic groups.
<Anchor>
So, what is the reason for such a divided opinion, specifically harmful and then not harmful?
<Reporter>
This is because different standards are being applied. The government used the international standard for electromagnetic waves, and civic groups used the International Agency for Research on Cancer under the World Health Organization as the standard.
There is an international organization called the International Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Committee that sets the standards for the protection of the human body from electromagnetic waves, right?
Most countries have adopted the international standards set here, but it is stipulated that the electromagnetic wave intensity should not exceed 833 milligauss in Korea's power frequency of 60 Hz.
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Of course, the average value of electromagnetic waves of portable fans measured by civic groups did not exceed this standard, but it is 100 times more than the 4 milligauss standard used by civic groups. The incidence of childhood leukemia more than doubles.
<Anchor>
So, it is true that electromagnetic waves are emitted in the end, but I think it is because they see different standards for how to interpret these electromagnetic waves.
How should we look?
Who should I trust at a time like this?
<Reporter>
Yes, I also said that I lifted and put the hand fan I was using in the past few days, but this debate was also in 2018, but the difference in opinions could not be narrowed.
First of all, many scholars say that 4 milligauss is only one of the results of an epidemiological study of childhood leukemia, so the scientific basis is insufficient, and even the WHO recommends adopting it as an international standard.
However, some countries have significantly tightened the electromagnetic wave standards as a precautionary measure, and Sweden, the Netherlands, and Switzerland all adopt 10 milligauss or less.
NGOs emphasized that 833 milligauss is only a criterion for preventing acute effects and cannot assess disease risk, such as hormone disturbances from long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves.
<Anchor>
So, are you going to look at the risk a little more strongly or loosely? This is the difference. We are not experts, but if you look at the content that has been controversial for a long time, electromagnetic waves are coming out anyway.
Yes?
So, it is better to avoid using it for too long, close to it, I think.
<Reporter>
It can be dangerous enough.
<Anchor>
I see.
It is said that the results of a survey on what will happen to real estate house prices in the future are also available.
Finally, let me tell you.
<Reporter>
Yes, apartment prices across the country have been falling for the 12th week. First, more than half of the nationwide brokerage firms expected this decline to continue in the second half of this year.
The Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements conducted a survey of 2,300 brokerage firms, with 53.4% of 'it will decrease slightly' and 4.2% of 'slightly decreasing' forecasts of a decline, approaching 60%.
In particular, Incheon and Daegu had more than 70% of the decline, and Seoul was around 55%.
Only 0.1% of brokerage firms that predicted a rise in house prices said 'a significant increase' and 9.2% said a 'slight increase'.
The remaining 33% predicted no change.
On the other hand, the results of the general household survey came out a little different from those of brokerages, with 36% saying that house prices would go down in the second half of the year, and a little higher with 23.7% saying that house prices were going up.
However, the answers to the housing market variables were consistent, and the highest rate was 'interest rate' at 61% of real estate agents and 49% of general households.