The Ministry of Health Wednesday urged parents to "caution" on the purchase and use of mobile phones for children.

These include a new model of mobile device simplified for children aged 4 to 10 years (babymo white) and placed on the market during the holiday season.

"The hypothesis of a risk can not be completely ruled out, a precautionary approach is justified," said the ministry.

It is therefore advisable to children - "more sensitive given that their organization is in development" - a moderate use of mobile phones.

The Department recognizes that "there is no scientific evidence to demonstrate today that the use of mobile phones presents a significant risk to human health", but several scientific studies highlight the possibility of a low risk of health effects use after intense and long-term (over ten years) of mobile phones.

The associations for the defence of the environment and Priartem (for regulating the siting of antenna relay mobile phone) insurgent who had in mid-December against the sale of mobile phones to children, For their part deplored the late reaction of the ministry of health. "few days after the holiday season and a Happy New Year, the Department of Health called, albeit belatedly, parents of young children not to buy laptops for explicitly at a young audience, "noted in a press release associations Agir pour l'environnement et Priartèm. " Like the cavalry arriving after the battle, Health Minister intervenes setback, urging parents not to buy certain types of gifts Christmas after Christmas, "says associations," pointing particularly fuzzy communication posing the problem of risk while not retaining any coercive measure ".

Stressing "the inability of government to take the measure of the health crisis Announced" and regretant "that the public voice is not accompanied by a real political action," the associations for the defence of the environment and threaten to Priartem "bring the matter to the judicial field, in the absence of strong political commitments in favour of a regulation banning the sale of mobile phones to children. "