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As the heat is rampant, there are many people who use portable fans, but an environmental group announced the results of their own investigation that dangerous levels of electromagnetic waves are emitted from these portable fans hung around their necks and held in their hands.

The government said it would measure the exact number and announce it officially.



This is reporter Ha Jeong-yeon.



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Neck fans and hand fans lined up on the shelves.



Citizens get some air in between to cool off from the heat.



[Jung So-hee / Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: I use it on my way to school, I use it when I come home, and I use it while I am at school.

(a day) about 7 or 8 hours...

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An environmental group purchased commercially available products and measured the electromagnetic waves, stating that they generated electromagnetic waves that far exceeded the standard for cancer risk.



The risk suggested by the group is electromagnetic waves of 4mG or more.



There are studies that show that long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves above that level increases the incidence of childhood leukemia.



However, as a result of measuring electromagnetic waves for 4 types of neck fans and 6 types of hand fans, it was found that the average amount of electromagnetic waves generated from the neck fan was 47 times higher than the standard value, and the average amount of electromagnetic waves from the hand fan was 116 times higher.



[Choi Ye-yong/Director of the Environmental Health and Citizens Center: A hand fan can be used safely to a certain extent because the electromagnetic wave strength drops very little if you take it a little further away, but you cannot keep a distance with a neck fan hanging around your neck.

Much more dangerous.]



In response, a government official countered that there was a problem with the group's method of measuring electromagnetic waves, and that the basis for the cancer risk standard suggested by the group was poor.



[Ministry of Science and Technology Information and Communication Official: Because there is no evidence based on 4mG.

If it exceeds (4mG), it is harmful, it causes cancer, there is no such evidence.]



The government announced that it will measure the electromagnetic wave strength of the products used in this measurement according to domestic and international standard procedures and disclose the results.



(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, video editing: Kim Jun-hee, VJ: Kim Jong-gap)