How Dangerous Are Our Cell Phones? We Just Don’t Know The Express May 28, 2000 Consumers are still confused over the safety of mobile phones despite Government efforts to clear up the issue, a Sunday Express poll has revealed. The public are still unclear over the health risks, including claims that radiation from handsets can […]
Cell Phone Radiation
Call For PR Drive On Cell Phone Dangers
MK’s Call For PR Drive On Cell phone Dangers Jerusalem Post Journalist: Judy Siegal May 17, 2000 The Knesset Science and Technology Committee yesterday called for information campaigns among parents and youngsters “on the dangers of excessive use of cellular phones,” but it did not call for a prohibition of use by children and teenagers. […]
Cell Phone Radiation Can Make Your Mercury Tooth Fillings Poisonous
Mobiles Turn Your Fillings Poisonous The Mirror May 17, 2000 Mobile phones can release poisonous mercury from fillings causing brain damage, an expert warned yesterday. Scientists have discovered that electrical fields, like those given off by mobiles, can activate the mercury, giving off a gas. Many experts believe the fumes attack the brain’s central nervous […]
Worm Study Raises More Cellular Radiation Worries
Worm Study Raises More Cellular Radiation Worries Newsbytes Journalist: Steve Gold May 16, 2000 A study due to be published on May 25 by Nature, the British science journal, casts doubt on industry claims that cellular radiation from mobile phones does not effect human tissue. The report, which looked at the effects of microwave radiation, […]
Vital evidence of harmful effects on children from cell phone radiation
Risk From Mobile Masts Was Hidden The Observer Journalist: Sarah Ryle May 14, 2000 Vital evidence of harmful effects on children from transmitter masts was kept from the expert group which last week reported on mobile phone safety. The independent panel asked the government agency acting as its secretariat, the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), […]
Limit the time children should use cell phones
British Mobile Phone Report Nothing To Worry About According To Finnish Researchers, But Danes More Cautious Hufvudstadsbladet May 12, 2000 British experts have reported findings that support a limitation of the time children should use mobile phones, but Finnish researchers are doubtful. There is no reason to be too concerned over the British report, according […]
Health Fears For The Mobile Phone Generation
Health Fears For The Mobile Phone Generation Western Daily Press May 12, 2000 After playing computer games and surfing the Internet, mobile phones are the latest craze for youngsters. Already one in four of Britain’s 24 million mobile phone users are aged under 18, which means that more than a third of all youngsters has […]
Scientist Urges Curbs On Children’s Use Of Cell Phones
Scientist Urges Curbs On Children’s Use Of Mobiles Reuters Journalist: Edna Fernandes May 12, 2000 Children should be discouraged from using mobile telephones because of potential health risks, the chief of a British government-commissioned inquiry into the phones’ safety said on Thursday. Sir William Stewart of Tayside University in Scotland said however that there was […]
The Dilemma Over Mobiles That Menace Our Children
The Dilemma Over Mobiles That Menace Our Children The Express May 12, 2000 New guidance on the safety of mobile phones has left worried parents confused over whether they should allow their children to use them. The Government-commissioned Stewart Report warns that children are particularly vulnerable to potential risks and should avoid using mobiles unless […]
Britain Urges Caution On Mobile Phone Use
Britain Urges Caution On Mobile Phone Use Reuters Journalist: Edna Fernandes May 11, 2000 Government-backed scientists have urged parents to curb children’s use of mobile phones and promised tougher rules for transmitter masts as a precaution against potential health risks from radiation. The warning on public health came in a report that ministers said was […]
Mobile Phone Safety Chaos
Mobile Phone Safety Chaos This Is London Journalist: Jo Revill May 11, 2000 Parents are today left in total confusion over whether to let their children use mobile phones. The independent group of experts investigating the risk says it is possible children may suffer harmful health effects due to minute biological changes occurring in the […]
Cell Phones Risk To Children Health
Cell Phones Risk To Child Health The Guardian May 11, 2000 A government-backed panel is expected to deliver a blow to the mobile phone industry today when it announces that concerns about their safety are real enough to warrant curbs on their use by children. The independent panel of scientists was set up by the […]
