Wearing anti-electromagnetic radiation clothes is not dangerous for pregnant women, announced the Shanghai Electromagnetic Radiation Prevention Association (SERPA) on Thursday, as concerns are rising over the safety of the clothes.
At a news conference held by SERPA in
"Based on our previous test of the products on the market, it is true that the anti-electromagnetic radiation clothes can play a preventative role for pregnant women, although they are not 100 percent effective," said Lu Fumin, chief engineer of Shanghai Institute of Measurement Technology, who represented SERPA at the news conference.
According to Lu, the clothes currently sold mainly protect the heart and abdomen of an expecting mother, which are the key areas to protect, whereas other positions are relatively less protected.
A CCTV investigative report last Saturday revealed that although the anti-electromagnetic radiation clothes were effective in blocking 90 percent of the radiation from a single source, their effectiveness was unknown when blocking radiation from multi-sources.
According to the test results conducted by a professional lab, if the anti-radiation clothes had some aperture to allow radiation in from multi-sources, the radiation could possibly aggregate and be contained inside of the clothes, CCTV reported.
Feng Weiheng, chief expert of radiation prevention at Shanghai Environmental Protection Industry Association, told the Global Times that the key point which led to the debate becoming so controversial is the industry's out-of-date standards.
"The only standard about electromagnetic radiation prevention was made in 1988, when not many families owned electrical appliances," Feng said.
Feng added that as a rising industry in