New limits will be placed on radiation levels amid fears of increased risk of cancer from phone use

By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor

Sunday, 11 January 2009

New laws cracking down on children's use of mobile phones are to be introduced in France amid growing fears that they may cause cancer and other diseases.

All advertising of the devices to children under 12 is to be prohibited under the legislation – announced by the Environment Minister, Jean-Louis Borloo, last week – and he will also take powers to ban the sale of any phone designed to be used by those under six.

The French government will also introduce new limits for radiation from the phones and make it compulsory for handsets to be sold with earphones, so that users can avoid irradiating their heads and brains. And one of the country's largest cities last month started an advertising campaign to discourage the use of the phones by children.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/french-government-bans-advertising-of-mobiles-to-children-1299673.html



France cracks down on children's mobile phone use, but Britain still ignoring warnings

By Peter Allen and Fiona Macrae

11th January 2009

France has begun a crackdown on children having mobile phones after research linked their use to brain cancer.

Advertising mobiles to children under 12 is to be prohibited under the legislation announced by the environment minister Jean-Louis Borloo.

He will also take steps to ban the sale of phones designed for those aged under six.

France is warning of the dangers of children using mobile phones, while in Britain their popularity is growing.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1112123/France-cracks-childrens-mobile-phone-use-Britain-ignoring-warnings.html


From Mast Sanity/Mast Network

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The new tobacco? French government to control under-age mobile phone use

http://web20.telecomtv.com/pages/?newsid=44338&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10&view=news

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French government implement mobile phone legislation

In a bold and groundbreaking move, the French government are now the first European government to publicly announce an outright ban on some aspect of mobile phone usage based exclusively on potential risks to health.

Click here for the full news story
http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20090115_france_ban_mobile_phones.asp

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Canadian Report on Children Using Cell Phones and the Link to Brain Cancer
http://cell-phone-dangers.blogspot.com/2009/03/canadian-report-on-children-using-cell.html
http://www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=4141



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