Health Alert As
Youth Craze Fuels Mobile Phones Boom
The Express
January 6, 2000
Almost
half the population now uses mobile phones. Figures released yesterday
show that an extra 4.39million people joined the networks in the run-up to
Christmas.
That
doubled the total number of users from this time last year to 24million,
or four out of every 10 people.
New
pre-pay models have proved attractive to teenagers. Industry experts
estimate that under-18s account for up to a third of new customers.
In
what it admits is a ploy to attract the "youth market" American giant
AT&T is producing phones with Disney faces. But the strategy has been
branded irresponsible by scientists who believe children are at greater risk
from the radiation the phones give off.
A
study by Professor Om Gandhi at the University of Utah showed that children
absorb up to 50 per cent more radiation than adults.
Biophysicist
Gerard Hyland, of the University of Warwick, believes that
under-12s are particularly at risk. Health campaigners point out that the
Mickey Mouse phones appeal to children aged five rather than 15.American
campaigner Libby Kelly, who recently briefed MPs at the Commons, said:
"You
have to wonder if children who use them might become a little goofy."
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