New mobile phone link to cancer
21 nov 2004
MOBILE phone users were last night advised to cut their use of handsets - particularly in areas with poor reception - after new research found evidence they can cause cell damage. The new study, to be published next month, adds to the already heated debate over mobile phone safety. It found that the risk was increased in areas with a poor signal because the mobile phone used higher-powered radiation to maintain contact with the network. The team, based in Germany, is now seeking funds to see if their findings are repeated on living cells within the human body.
Last night, some experts and the mobile industry itself urged consumers not to panic, pointing out that previous studies had failed to prove mobile phones caused illnesses.
The four-year study was conducted by the Verum Foundation, based in Munich, and funded by the EU at a cost of £2.2m.
Read article:
http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=1338832004&20041121123830
Informant: feb.nu
MOBILE phone users were last night advised to cut their use of handsets - particularly in areas with poor reception - after new research found evidence they can cause cell damage. The new study, to be published next month, adds to the already heated debate over mobile phone safety. It found that the risk was increased in areas with a poor signal because the mobile phone used higher-powered radiation to maintain contact with the network. The team, based in Germany, is now seeking funds to see if their findings are repeated on living cells within the human body.
Last night, some experts and the mobile industry itself urged consumers not to panic, pointing out that previous studies had failed to prove mobile phones caused illnesses.
The four-year study was conducted by the Verum Foundation, based in Munich, and funded by the EU at a cost of £2.2m.
Read article:
http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=1338832004&20041121123830
Informant: feb.nu
Starmail - 23. Nov, 15:46
