High Anxiety over exposure to non-ionizing radiation The Guardian Journalist: Sarah Scott October 20, 1999 The mobile phone industry says its phones and masts are safe, but some scientists and consumers aren’t convinced. Sarah Scott argues that we should exercise caution while research continues Mobile phones have taken the country by storm, with one in […]
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Cell Phone Radiation Makes You Age Faster
Cell Phone Radiation Makes You Age Faster Daily Mail October 18, 1999 Constant use of a mobile phone causes premature aging, warn scientists. Low level radiation from the phone ‘heats up’ body cells, damaging skin and making the user look lined and haggard. The study by Nottingham University’s School of Biological Sciences is the latest […]
Heath Study Puts Mobile Phones Under The Spotlight Again
Heath Study Puts Mobile Phones Under The Spotlight Again Independent Journalist: Jane Hughes October 17, 1999 THE DIRECTOR of Britain’s leading cancer charity spoke out yesterday to allay fresh fears that mobile phones can cause brain tumors. Professor Gordon McVie, of the Cancer Research Campaign, said he was unconvinced by the claims of Dr George […]
Cell Phone Brain Cancer Cover-Up – Firms Shelve Scientist’s Warning
Cell Phone Cover-Up – Firms Shelve Scientist’s Warning The Express Journalists: Ian Gallagher and Dennis Rice October 16, 1999 A Scientist who was paid millions by mobile phone companies to investigate health risks has bitterly criticized them for failing to act on his findings. Dr. George Carlo found that the rate of death from brain […]
Mobile Workers Tell How Health Suffered From Cell Phone Usage
Mobile Workers Tell How Health Suffered From Cell Phone Usage The Express October 16, 1999 An engineer launched a lawsuit against his former bosses at British telecom earlier this year, claiming the mobile phone they gave him caused him brain damage. Stever Corney, a father of three, worked for BT from 1986 until 1996, then […]
CTIA Asks ABC To Review 20/20 Broadcast On Cell Phone Cancer
CTIA Asks ABC To Review 20/20 Broadcast RCR News October 13, 1999 ABC denies it spiked a 20/20 segment on alleged mobile-phone health risks because of wireless industry pressure. Outside lawyers for the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association wrote Capital Cities/ABC Inc. President David Westin on Monday to request that the 20/20 broadcast on mobile phones […]
Children At Risk From smartphone radiation
Children At Risk From smartphone radiation The Herald Sun October 12, 1999 Children absorb up to 50 per cent more radiation from using mobile phones than adults. The younger the child, the more radiation their brain soaks up. Scientists have found the thin skulls and smaller heads of children offer less protection against microwaves sent […]
Cell Phone Health Hazard
Cell Phone Health Hazard Scares The Economist October 9, 1999 Scares about the ill-effects of mobiles will not stop the phones’ onward march A few months ago the British press was full of stories about mobile phones frying people’s brains, zapping their central nervous systems and generating brain tumors and cancers. Britain was not the […]
Dr. George L. Carlo Letter To AT&T Chairman on Cell Phone Radiation
Letter To AT&T Chairman C. Michael Armstrong From WTR Chairman Dr. George L. Carlo This letter reveals that the occurrence of brain cancer and certain types of tumors among cellular phone users is twice that of non-users. Dr. Carlo is requesting AT&T’s assistance to distribute this information to consumers so that they can make an […]
Mobile Phone Radiation List Revealed
Mobile Phone Radiation List Revealed The Independent Journalist: Kathy Moran October 4, 1999 The first comprehensive study of the health risk from mobile phones reveals that some models expose users to up to 20 times more radiation than others on the market. The research, carried out by German scientists from the Institute for Satellite and […]
Research Into Phone Radiation Danger ‘Inadequate’
Research Into Phone Radiation Danger ‘Inadequate’ The Guardian Journalist: Nicholas Watt September 23, 1999 A cross-party committee of MPs yesterday rounded on the government for failing to carry out proper research into the possible dangers posed by mobile phones. In a report on health hazards connected with the phones, MPs on the commons science and […]
Rise In Brain Tumors Sets Off Search For A Reason
A Medical Enigma – A Rise In Brain Tumors Sets Off Search For A Reason Minneapolis Star Tribune Journalist: Jill Burcum January 6, 1999 Without question, a brain tumor is one of the most frightening diagnoses you can face. Not only must you confront mortality, but also the knowledge that the slide toward death may […]
How human beings react to high-frequency radio waves from cell phones
Fake Brains A Smart Idea Wired News Journalist: Louis Knapp August 2, 1999 The idea may seem a bit macabre, but at least nobody’s losing his head over it. Researchers at Britain’s Bristol University are using phantom heads — made of real skulls with fake flesh and liquid brains — to analyze how human beings […]
Cell Phone Cancer Risk Concealed
Cell Phone Cancer Risk Concealed Sydney Morning Herald Journalist: Mark Ragg July 17, 1999 Mobile phone companies and government regulators are withholding information crucial to consumers about radiation levels – the main cause of fears over brain tumors. All three major manufacturers – Motorola, Ericsson and Nokia – and the Australian Communications Authority (ACA), which […]
Debate Over Cell Phone Radiation Safety
First: Static? Or Frying Brain Cells? The Nasty Debate Over Cell-Phone Safety Fortune Journalist: David Kirkpatric July, 1999 Hit the “talk” button on your cellular phone, and microwave radiation bombards your head. As the bursts of electromagnetic waves cross your mind, so might a few questions. Is your brain frying? Does anyone care? Are manufacturers […]
Cell Phone Radiation Going Straight To Your Head
Cell Phone Radiation Going Straight To Your Head Newsweek July 12, 1999 If you live with your cell phone pinned to your ear, listen up. Scientists at Britain’s Bristol University have been testing model heads, complete with “liquid brains,” to analyze the reaction of fake flesh and brain matter to the cell phone’s high-frequency radio […]
Cell Phone On Your Belt Brings Radiation To Liver And Kidneys
Cell Phone On Your Belt Brings Radiation To Liver And Kidneys The Sunday Mirror July 10, 1999 Leaving a mobile phone clipped to your waist leads to a hotspot of radiation being pumped into the liver and kidneys. Yet thousands of people are now attaching mobiles to their belts as they switch to hands-free kits […]
More Questions, More Answers On Dangers Of Cell Phones
More Questions, More Answers On Dangers Of Cell Phones Baltimore Sun Journalist: Michael Stroh July 8, 1999 Press a ringing cell phone to your ear and flick it on. Though you can’t see it or feel it, microwave radiation is pummeling your skull. That much nearly everyone in the scientific community agrees on. But the […]
Lawyers Probe Cell Phone Health Risk Liability
Latest Cell Phone Product Liability Lawsuits Seek Punitive Damages for Brain Tumors in USA August 10, 2014 Lawyers Probe Cell Phone Health Risk Liability Communications Week International Journalist: Sheridan Nye July 7, 1999 Research from an industry-funded body in the United States has renewed concerns about potential health risks from using mobile phones – even […]
Excessive use of cell phones can cause cancer and brain tumors
Excessive use of cellphones can cause cancer and brain tumors Deccan Chronicle Journalist: Ch Sushil Rao July 7, 1999 Hyderabad: The next time your cellphone rings, pause and think: Excessive use of cellphones can cause cancer and brain tumors. Not just that, it can also result in loss of memory and cause headaches. This warning […]
Smartphone Radiation Tap ‘C’ For Cancer
Smartphone Radiation Tap ‘C’ For Cancer Some fear microwaves could potentially cause memory loss, headaches and even tumours. Don’t ask for whom the cell phone rings, it’s probably for you. But at what risk do we answer that call? We know cell phone users are more likely to have a car accident while using their […]
Cell Phone Hazards Are Real Protect Yourself
Cell Phone Hazards Are Real Protect Yourself Wired News Journalist: Chris Oakes June 21, 1999 The cellular phone industry probably didn’t pay researchers US$27 million dollars hoping they’d produce bad news about the health effects of cell phones. Nonetheless, an industry-funded study has done just that. “These data are the first data that are directly […]
Mobile Phones And Health Inquiry Memorandum
Mobile Phones And Health Inquiry Memorandum By: Dr. Gerald J. Hyland Department of Physics University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom and International Institute of Biophysics Neuss-Holzheim, Germany June 18, 1999 PERSONAL STATEMENT Since 1985, I have been involved with the interaction of non-ionising radiation – specifically MICROWAVES – with living organisms, actively developing the novel […]
Reuters: Cell Phone Radiation Safety 6-9-1999
Cell Phone Radiation Safety Reuters June 9, 1999 Britain cannot be categorical about the safety of using mobile ‘phones, a top government adviser told MPs on Wednesday, as preparations got underway for a new inquiry into the latest public health scare. Responding to recent media and scientific reports that mobile ‘phone radiation posed health risks, […]
