Lawsuit Raises Questions On Safety Risks Of Over Using Cell Phones Earth Times Journalist: Patrick Ryan April 23, 1999 A lawsuit taken by a former telecommunications engineer has again focused world attention on possible health risks from mobile telephones. Stephen Corney, 39, spent 10 years with British Telecom (BT), and he charges that his short […]
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Are Cell Phones A Health Hazard
Are Cell Phones A Health Hazard BBC News April 8, 1999 The impact that mobile phones have on health is unclear. Some scientific studies have linked use of mobiles to headaches, memory loss and cancer, while the industry claims that they are perfectly safe. The latest research, from Bristol University, has found that using mobile […]
Call For Public Cell Phone Radiation Studies
Call For Public Cell Phone Radiation Studies Wired News Journalist: Chris Oakes April 13, 1999 It’s time to stop squabbling about the possible health risks of wireless communication and to start doing credible public research, health advocates say. “We are stuck in a rut,” said Gordon Miller, one of the speakers at a weekend forum […]
Study: Cell Phone Use Aids Memory, May Hurt Brain
Study: Cell Phone Use Aids Memory, May Hurt Brain The Washington Times Journalist: Sarah Ryle April 11, 1999 The first official investigation into the health risks of mobile phones has discovered they do affect brain activity. The study was masterminded by Dr. Alan Preece, a medical engineer based at Bristol Royal Infirmary, in Bristol, England, […]
Insurers Balk at Risks of Phone Health Hazards
Insurers Balk at Risks of Phone Health Hazards The Observer Journalist: Sarah Ryle April 11, 1999 Concern about the safety of mobile phones has prompted a leading Lloyd’s underwriter to refuse to insure phone manufacturers against the risk of damage to users’ health. The move comes amid mounting concern about the industry’s influence on research […]
Call For More Research On Cell Phone Health Effects
Call For More Research On Cell Phone Health Effects Irish Times Journalist: Kitty Holland April 8, 1999 The chief executive of the Consumer Affairs Association has called for an independent international body to research the health effects of mobile-phone use. Mr Dermott Jewell will raise the issue at the next council meeting of the European […]
Cell Phones Speed Up Brain Reaction
New Study: Cell Phones Speed Up Brain Reaction IT On Line April 8, 1999 The latest study into mobile phones and how safe they are is published today. The long-awaited scientific study is believed to have found that use of mobile phones increases the speed at which the brain works, and speeds up our reaction […]
Headaches From Your Cell Phone
What’s Cooking? The Australian Journalist: Robert Wilson March 23, 1999 People know that there’s something going on. They know they get headaches, they feel the side of their head heat up, and they’re getting devices that reduce radiation output or hold the phone away from their head. It’s our constant companion in the modern world; […]
Phone Makers Not Liable
Phone Makers Not Liable Chicago Sun Times March 23, 1999 The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court decision that shielded Motorola Inc. and other wireless phone makers from state law claims regarding the safety of cellular phones. The original suit, filed by Frank J. Schiffner, a one-time owner of a Motorola phone, charged […]
In Denial Over Cell Phone Hazards
In Denial Over Cell Phone Hazards London Evening Standard Journalist: Quentin Letts March 17, 1999 We all raged about mad cow disease, and most of us agree that GM foods look dodgy. But the mobile phones cancer story is the health scare that London is too frightened to discuss. It is heads-in-the-sand, taboo time. Mobiles? […]
Should I Be Worried About Cell Phone Radiation?
Should I Be Worried About Cell Phone Radiation? Associated Press March 17, 1999 Mobile phones are the growth industry of the Nineties, a success story that is here to stay. They have gone from expensive plaything to essential accessory, but studies seem to suggest that they could cause memory loss and even brain tumors. Other […]
Loss Of Memory Link To Smartphones Cell Phone Radiation
Loss Of Memory Link To Smartphones Daily Mail Journalist: Lucie Morris March 1, 1999 Mobile phones have been linked to memory loss in worrying new research. Scientists say tests on humans showed the phones disrupted a part of the brain which controls memory and learning. Researchers at Bristol Royal Infirmary attached transmitters to the heads […]
Lawsuit By Former Engineer Says Cell Phone Damaged His Brain
Lawsuit By Former Engineer Says Mobile Phone Damaged His Brain Reuters March 15, 1999 A former British Telecom [NYSE:BTY] (BT) engineer has announced plans to take his former employers to court over brain damage he says was caused by his having to use a mobile phone in connection with his work. Stephen Corney, aged 39, […]
Cell Phones Should Come With Warnings
Cell Phones Should Come With Warnings, Says Group CBC News (WebPosted) March 11, 1999 The next time your cell phone rings, a consumer group wants you to think about more than just answering the call. It says cell phones are a health risk. It is predicted that within five years, there will be a billion […]
Smartphones Under Memory Loss Scrutiny
Smartphones Under Memory Loss Scrutiny – Dumb Call Australian News Network March 7, 1999 Australian scientists will investigate whether mobile phones are bad for your health. British researchers have already claimed mobile phones can lead to memory loss and lack of concentration. Now an 18-month study of 100 volunteers in NSW will determine whether electromagnetic […]
Cell Phone Usage Amid Health Hazards
British Scientists Nix Cell Phone Usage Amid Health Hazards A major report due out later this month and based on eminent research carried out by scientists at Bristol Royal Infirmary, a UK hospital, will link cellular phone usage with short-term memory loss, Newsbytes has learned. Some of the scientists involved with the study have dramatically […]
Health Scientists Cut Their Cell Phone Use
Health Scientists Cut Their Cell Phone Use BBC News March 1, 1999 Leading scientists have have cut down or modified their personal use of mobile phones as fears mount that they can damage health. New research to be published next month links mobile phone use to memory loss. The use of mobile phones has already […]
Research on cell phone radiation safety
The Action Moves To Europe Microwave News February, 1999 The U.S. government is getting ready to bury the EMF issue (see p.7)—at the same time that the European Parliament is discussing prudent avoidance measures like ALARA (see p.1). The European Union is also likely to fund important studies on cellular phone safety – studies that […]
Clock Ticking On Cell Phone Health Hazards Research
Clock Ticking On Cell Phone Health Hazards Research — Wireless Industry Effort Leaves Issues Up In The Air Telecommunications Journalist: Meg Mcginity February 8, 1999 Time is running out for Wireless Technology Research (WTR). After nearly five years and $25 million worth of research into the health effects of wireless telephone service, the group-funded by […]
Canada Probes Cell Phone Radiation Dangers
Health Canada Probes Cell phone radiation Dangers – Suspicion Of Ill Effects Refuses To Go Away The Ottawa Citizen Journalist: Jim Bronskill February 1, 1999 The federal Health Department is probing recent reports that link cellular phone use to headaches, memory loss and adverse drug reactions. The department’s radiation protection bureau plans a series of […]
Cell Phones Pose Health Risk?
Do Convenient, Little Cell Phones Pose Health Risk? The Toronto Star Journalist: Theresa Ebden January 28, 1999 High-frequency cordless models alarm scientist What is the price of cordless convenience? A top research scientist in electromagnetic radiation believes high- frequency cordless phones are a health hazard. “That’s alarming!” cried renowned American scientist Henry Lai, when told […]
Cellphones To Blame For My Tumor
Cellphones To Blame For My Tumor Man wants more than R500m and a health warning on phones Sunday Times Journalist: Laurice Taitz December 27, 1998 A Pretoria man is suing two cellphone companies for more than R500-million because he developed a brain tumour which, he claims, was caused by his cellphone. Terry Hutchings, 47, is […]
Brain tumor was caused by Cell Phone Radiation
Cell phones To Blame For My Tumors Man wants more than R500m and a health warning on phones Mail & Guardian Journalist: Rory Carroll December 27, 1998 A Pretoria man is suing two cellphone companies for more than R500-million because he developed a brain tumor which, he claims, was caused by his cellphone. Terry Hutchings, […]
Are We Being Told The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation?
Are We Being Told The Truth About Mobile Phones Radiation? The Sunday Times Journalists: Cherry Norton and Richard Woods December 20, 1998 Companies insist mobile phones are safe. Users suspect they cause ill-health. Now scientists say the industry is downplaying evidence of the risks. Ringing the alarm Ralph Mills first knew something was seriously wrong […]
