Cell Phones Cause Headaches & Fatigue, Claims Report Newsbytes News Network Journalist: Sylvia Dennis May 18, 1998 A Swedish study into the use of mobile phones in Sweden and Norway claims a probable link between the use of mobiles and malaise’s such as fatigue, headaches, and tingling, plus heat sensations among users. The Swedish National […]
Cell Phone Radiation
New Health Warning Over Cell Phones
New Health Warning Over Cell Phones Hull Daily Mail May 7, 1998 Mobile phones may be responsible for short-term memory loss and sudden confusion, it has been claimed. British military scientists have discovered that signals from mobile phones can disrupt parts of the brain that control memory and learning, the Daily Mail reported. The new […]
Cell Phone Users Putting Their Health At Risk From Radiation
Cell Phone Users ‘Putting Their Health At Risk’, Claims Swedish Doctor Daily Mail April 2, 1998 Mobile phone users are putting their health at risk if they make calls lasting more than two minutes, a new study has revealed. Symptoms such as fatigue, headaches and burning sensations on the skin increase significantly during longer calls, […]
Headaches From Cell Phones
Headaches From Cell Phones: Are They Real And What Are The Implications? Environmental Health Perspectives (A Journal Published By The National Institutes Of Health) Author: Allan H. Frey March, 1998 There have been many recent reports of headaches occurring in association with the use of hand-held cellular telephones (1,2). Digital telephone users are more likely […]
Cell Phone Health Issues
Cell Phone Health Issues Communications & Networking February, 1998 As local competition heats up, more widespread and longer use of wireless phones is bound to draw attention to radiation effects. Do cellular or PCS phones cause brain cancer That’s what a group of British scientists are saying. Heck, one of them has even accused a […]
Cell Phones ‘Pose Health Risk To Embryos’
Cell Phones ‘Pose Health Risk To Embryos’ Daily Mail February 6, 1998 Scientists have warned that mobile phones could threaten the health of unborn babies. The effect of mobile phone radiation on pregnant women is believed to be more than serious than previously thought. A French research team studied the effects of mobile phone radiation […]
Europeans Divided On Cell phone Standards
Europeans Divided On Cell phone Standards EE Times Journalist: Peter Clarke January 29, 1998 The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) move to establish a standard for the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) appears to have hit a stalemate. In a vote Wednesday, two proposals for the third-generation mobile systems received strong support. The vote was […]
British Scientists Demand Cell Phone Warnings
British Scientists Demand Cell Phone Warnings Reuters, January 12, 1998 Journalist: Kirstin Ridley LONDON – British scientists are demanding that mobile telephones, an indispensable tool for millions, carry a health warning. Amid an explosive growth of mobile communications, concerns are mounting about cellular telephones’ potential links to health problems ranging from headaches to brain tumors. […]
Technology Changes Hinder Phone Cancer Research
Technology Changes Hinder Phone Cancer Research Total Telecom Journalist: Jeremy Scott-Joynt January 19, 1998 LONDON — Constant changes in the design of mobile telephone handsets are hindering research into possible health risks of mobile technology, according to a senior World Health Organization scientist. Researchers in recent years have shown that exposure to radio-frequency radiation — […]
Cell Phones Could Affect Memory
Say That Again? Researchers Plan To See If Cell Phones Could Affect Memory Scientific American Journalist: Tim Beardsley December 11, 1997 Regulators in Europe are taking a harder look at mobile phone safety. Although claims that fields from power lines could cause cancer have been authoritatively refuted by the U.S. National Research Council (NRC), that […]
Magnetic Fields Appear To Affect Learning
U.K.’s National Radiological Board Finds Magnetic Fields Appear To Affect Learning In Animals Scientific American Journalists: Tim Beardsley December 11, 1997 Scientists at the U.K.’s National Radiological Board have found that magnetic fields do indeed appear to affect learning in animals, as first stated by a U.S. researcher. In four separate tests involving exposure of […]
The question of whether cell phones damage your health
Ring Of Confidence Sydney Morning Herald Journalist: David Flynn October 18, 1997 The jury is still out on the question of whether mobile phones damage your health, but the wired generation is taking no risks. Devices that protect against potentially harmful side effects have become hot accessories. DAVID FLYNN reports. Can I call you on […]
EC Unveils Research Project on Health Effects of Wireless Phones
European Commission to Unveil Research Project on Health Effects of Wireless Phones Financial Times September 10, 1997 Shillingford, Joia — The European Commission will soon unveil a research project on the potential health risks of wireless phones. The EU’s mobile phone expert Leo Koolen says the research–to cost between 18 million and 24 million European […]
Belgian Wireless Funded Study Says Mobile Phone Use Probably Safe
Belgian Study Says Mobile Phone Use Probably Safe Reuters (08/25/97) August 26, 1997 Mobile phones probably do not pose a health risk to humans, according to a Belgian study sponsored by Belgacom, which controls 75 percent of Belgacom Mobile, the biggest mobile phone network in Belgium. Dr. Luc Verschaeve–head of the group that examined the […]
RFR emissions may pose a new threat in the form of cancer stimulation
Hard Drive Peter Cochrane ( Head of Advanced Applications and Technology for British Telecom) Finds No Absolutes In A Perfect World July 15, 1997 One of the key differences between superstition and science is the lack of absolutes. Science is dynamic and dominated by uncertainty; the latest state of understanding is dictated by models and […]
Cell phone radiation danger a clear call to make
Clowns And Cell phones The Australian Newspaper June 24, 1997 Journalist: Stewart Fist Imagine for a moment that the Australian government decided to prohibit the consumption of sugar. It allows three chemical companies (one owned by the government) to offer a sugar-substitute called glyco-saccharine-metagunk (GSM). Imagine that a few years later, the government-owned chemical factory […]
Government Hasnt Considered “Risks” of cell phone radiation
Newspaper Questions Whether Government Has Considered “Risks” Of Wireless Investor’s Business Daily May 29, 1997 Alster, Norm — Already, 300 communities have implemented moratoria on wireless antenna siting for reasons of health, aesthetics, and property values. But in planning to generate $23 billion for the budget through wireless spectrum auctions, the government seems to not […]
Mobile Funded Study Says Mobile Phones Not a Health Risk
Mobile Phones Not a Health Risk, Study Says Reuters Moller, Roland May 23, 1997 A study conducted by four Finnish institutes discovered that mobile phone use is not a health risk for humans, but that the devices do emit heat to the brain. The researchers studied the impact on mobile phone frequencies on the brains […]
The Effects Of Radiation Emitted By Your Mobile Phone
Cellular Perils There Is Still No Agreement On The Effects Of Radiation Emitted By Your Mobile Phone. Sydney Morning Herald Journalist: David Flynn May 6, 1997 Manufacturers and distributors of devices which claim to protect mobile phone users from harmful radiation were not surprised at last week’s news that a Telstra-funded study found cellular-like radiation […]
Cell Phones And Cancer
Cell Phones And Cancer The Australian Newspaper May 5, 1997 Journalist: Stewart Fist Last week, either deliberately or accidentally, the media was manipulated to largely ignore some very disturbing news about Australian research conducted over four years into cellular phones and their potential to cause tumors. The results were to be announced in Adelaide through […]
Cell Phone Health Effects DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration Rockville MD 20857 May 5, 1997 The Honorable Edward J. Markey Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection Committee on Commerce House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515-2107 Dear Mr. Markey: This is in response to your letter of April […]
Motorola May Take Legal Action Over Cell Phone Health Claims
Motorola May Take Legal Action Over Cell Phone Health Claims Australian Associated Press April 30, 1997 Journalist: John Kidman Motorola’s managing director, Ron Nissan, has sent a letter to the protection device maker Microshield asking it to retract certain statements made in its sales brochure. Microshield introduced a cellular phone carrying case in Australia last […]
Cell Phones Cancer Connection
Cell Phones Cancer Connection The Australian Newspaper April 29, 1997 Journalist: Stewart Fist A team of scientists funded by Telstra to investigate claimed links between cellular phones and cancer has turned up probably the most significant finding of an adverse health effects yet. When presented to ‘Science’ magazine for publication the study was rejected on […]
Food and Drug Administration Says Cell Phone Health Study Needs 5 Years
Food and Drug Administration Says Cell Phone Health Study Needs 5 Years Reuters (April 09, 1997) April 10, 1997 U.S. health officials say at least five years of research is needed to determine for sure whether wireless devices pose health risks. Speaking to an advisory panel, officials from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said […]
