Mobile risk 1 undefined Due to the rapid increase and development of mobile communication devices and other items of electronic equipment that emit non-ionizing radiation, there is general 4 public awareness of the potential health effects of electromagnetic fields. Although various authorities, such as the World 7 Health Organization (WHO), state that no major public health risks have emerged from several decades of research, uncertainties remain. The potential health effects of exposure 10 to electromagnetic fields continue to await scientific clarification. For instance, WHO has established an international project to assess the scientific evidence for the 13 possible health effects of electromagnetic fields. It is expected that all the health risk assessments will be completed by the end of 2010. 16 undefined It may be argued that economic and cultural globalisation has given rise to a collective sensitivity to risk (Jaeger et al., 2001) such that different kinds of claims are 19 admitted to the political agenda. This sensitivity is a generalized awareness of a growing capacity to interfere with nature and an awareness of the fallibility of science, the 22 vulnerability of the human body and the fragility of the biosphere. It is accompanied by a search for epistemological security along with a decrease in public trust in experts, 25 science and technology. Various factors point to this: scientific controversies, for example, are laid bare in the media, those in authority espouse precautionary politics and 28 the layperson’s interpretation of risks in relation to moral justice leads to political and judicial struggles. Internet: <www.acs.org.aujrpit> (adapted).In the text, “The potential health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields continue to await scientific clarification” (l.9-11) can be correctly translated as Os potenciais efeitos da exposição a campos eletromagnéticos sobre a saúde continuam aguardando esclarecimentos científicos.