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 […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Scientist Fails In UK Legal Action Over Cellular Phone Radiation Newsbytes News Network Journalist: Steve Gold November 16, 1998 The world’s first civil lawsuit regarding the harmful effects of cellular radiation has failed, with magistrates refusing the case on the grounds that the scientist bringing the prosecution, Roger Coghill, had failed to prove that mobile […]
Danger: Cell Phones Can ‘Cook’ Your Brain Blackice (Prague) October 1, 1998 Heavy users of mobile phones may be damaging more than just their image. Research reveals that as much as 70% of the microwave radiation they emit is absorbed by the head, prompting fears that the phones may be a health risk. The findings […]
Study cell phone radiation causing cancer The Age Online Journalist: Adrian Rollins September 9, 1998 With up to a third of Australians now using mobile phones, the Federal Government has commissioned a study to determine if they damage users’ brains. With almost six million Australians connected to the mobile phone network, concerns have increased that […]
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 […]
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 — […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Reprogramming: Calling Concerns Australian Consolidated Press Journalist: Selina Mitchell March 7, 1997 Australia’s per capita ownership of mobile phones is one of the highest in the world, but just what are the risks, if any? The jury is still out on this question, but there is growing scientific evidence to suggest that more research is […]
Mobile Phone Use Linked To Alzheimer’s Daily Telegraph June 3, 1996 A WARNING on a possible link between using mobile phones and diseases such as asthma, Alzheimer’s disease and cancer is given today by scientists from America, Australia and Sweden. The scientists, who have been examining the effects of radiation similar to that produced by […]
Germans Seek Cell phone Radiation Controls Newsbytes News Network Journalist: Steve Gold April 1, 1993 Just as the furor in the US over handheld cellphone radiation has started to die down, the German authorities have been spurred into action. Juergen Bernhardt, head of the German federal office of radiation (BfS), has made a formal request […]