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, […]
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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 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’ 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 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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]