Health Canada Probes Cell phone radiation Dangers – Suspicion Of Ill Effects Refuses To Go Away The Ottawa Citizen Journalist: Jim Bronskill February 1, 1999 The federal Health Department is probing recent reports that link cellular phone use to headaches, memory loss and adverse drug reactions. The department’s radiation protection bureau plans a series of […]
Category Archives: Cell Phone Radiation
Do Convenient, Little Cell Phones Pose Health Risk? The Toronto Star Journalist: Theresa Ebden January 28, 1999 High-frequency cordless models alarm scientist What is the price of cordless convenience? A top research scientist in electromagnetic radiation believes high- frequency cordless phones are a health hazard. “That’s alarming!” cried renowned American scientist Henry Lai, when told […]
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, […]
Are We Being Told The Truth About Mobile Phones Radiation? The Sunday Times Journalists: Cherry Norton and Richard Woods December 20, 1998 Companies insist mobile phones are safe. Users suspect they cause ill-health. Now scientists say the industry is downplaying evidence of the risks. Ringing the alarm Ralph Mills first knew something was seriously wrong […]
About RF Safe: Protecting Yourself from Radiofrequency Radiation RF Safe is an online resource dedicated to providing education and solutions to reduce exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation from wireless devices. The website was founded by John Coates in 1998, long before the widespread use of cell phones, with the aim of raising awareness about the […]
Are Cell Phones Scrambling Our Brains? The Sun Journalists: Lisa Reynolds and Paul Crosbie November 24, 1998 THE SUN SAYS Dial Danger Are mobile phones the new tobacco? Could your calls be killing you? Is that lengthy natter actually boiling your brain? The fact is, no one knows. And that is not good enough. There […]
Cell Phones Affect Brain Activity Reuters Health November 17, 1998 Cellular phones emit pulsed high-frequency electromagnetic fields that may affect the electrical activity in the human brain in certain situations, according to a study in the October 5th issue of the journal Neuroreport. But German researchers report that the health effects of their findings are […]
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 […]