Tag Archives: FCC

DTI and Which? At Odds Over Phone Safety

DTI and Which? At Odds Over Cell Phone Safety The Register Journalist: Lucy Sheriff August 08, 2000 Consumers have been left without a clue – should they go hands-6.00 or clamp their  cell phone to their ear? Research published by the government today indicates that hands-6.00 mobile phone kits are safe to use. These new […]

Mobile Phones Safety Muddle

Mobile Phones Safety Muddle Daily Mail August 08, 2000 Mobile phone users face further anxiety and confusion today over the safety of hands-6.00 kits. An official Government report will give earpieces the all-clear and say they limit exposure to potentially dangerous radiation. But last night other safety experts condemned the findings as ‘misleading’ and said […]

Physicist Joins Mobile Phone Critics

Physicist Joins Mobile Phone Critics The West Australian Journalist: David Utting August 08, 2000 In August 2000, more warnings are being sounded about the dangers of mobile phone use. British physicist, Barrie Trower, says that mobile phones should be used as infrequently as possible, as it is certain that the low-level radiation they emit causes […]

Cellphone Risk: Could Cancer Lawsuits Come To Europe

Cellphone Risk: Could Cancer Lawsuits Come To Europe ZD Net UK Journalist: Graeme Wearden August 04, 2000 The whole world is watching the outcome of a neurologist’s claim against  cellphone manufacturers If the impending lawsuit against Motorola is successful in the US, it could force mobile phone manufacturers here to settle out of court in […]

CellPhone Fears : Malignant Or Benign

CellPhone Fears: Malignant Or Benign Wired News Journalist: Elisa Batista August 04, 2000 Two days after cellphone manufacturers started including radio frequency radiation information on the packaging of their products, a Maryland neurologist with brain cancer Thursday filed an $800 million lawsuit for not having this information beforehand. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Associations, which represents […]

US Investigating Cell Phone Risks

US Investigating Cell Phone Risks Reuters Journalist: Laura Gilcrest August 01, 2000 Amid mounting concerns that the Golden Age of communication may have a dark side, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is turning to outside experts to help assess whether the cell phone may pose an adverse health risk through radiation. At an […]

Your Cell Really Safe?

Is Your Cellphone Really Safe? Newsweek Journalists: Claudia Kalb And Karen Springen July 30, 2000 Dialing For Cancer? A New Study Says Risks From Cell Phones Remains Unclear A controversial new article renews concerns about health hazards Shari Welsh can’t imagine life without her cell. She brings it everywhere—biking through the hills, driving in the […]

PR, Radiation And Bad Science

PR, Radiation And Bad Science Australian IT Journalist: Stewart Fist July 25, 2000 This is the Information Age. Right? And Australia is the Lucky Country, the Smart Country, or the Knowledge Nation, depending on which academic, lobbyist or politician you talk to. Meanwhile, Kim Beazley’s Labor Party has put out to pasture the only science […]

Would Mad Cows Use Mobile Phones?

Would Mad Cows Use Mobile Phones? IT Director July 24, 2000 It’s niggling doubt time. Do mobile phones push out harmful radiation or not? Let’s ask the scientists. Trouble is, can we trust them? It isn’t a case of corruption, but contradictory evidence that is then used by our own, dear politicians to promote their […]

Cell Phone Industry To Publish Cell Phone Radiation Data

Cell Phone Industry To Publish Radiation Data CNN July 17, 2000 The U.S. cellular telephone industry will start publishing information on the amount of radiation that enters users’ heads when they use various wireless phones. CNN has learned that the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association is going to require manufacturers to submit data — called SAR’s […]