Jury Still Out on Cell Phone Risk Reuters August 01, 2000 The US Food and Drug Administration is meeting Tuesday to discuss the links between cellphones and cancer. Meanwhile, a panel of experts concludes that currently, there is not enough evidence to link wireless phones to brain cancer, but there is sufficient research to raise […]
Cell Phone Radiation
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 […]
Heads Get The Call For Ban On Student’s Cell Phone’s
Heads Get The Call For Ban On Student’s Cell Phone’s The Express July 27, 2000 David Blunkett is urging all head teachers to prohibit pupils from using mobile phones except in emergencies and to restrict general use to those aged 16 and over. The Education Secretary’s written guidance follows the findings of the Government’s own […]
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 […]
B.C.’s Cellphone Radiation Levels Safe
B.C.’s Cellphone Radiation Levels Safe Vancouver Sun Journalist: Jeff Lee July 24, 2000 Cellular phones sold here all have radiation levels considered safe by the federal government, but the levels vary greatly from phone to phone, according to figures obtained by The Vancouver Sun. Cellphone makers are required to file radiation data with the U.S. […]
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 […]
Cellular Phones To Carry Radiation Level Label
Cellular Phone To Carry Radiation Level Label New York Times Journalist: Simon Romero July 19, 2000 Moving to ease concern over possible health risks from cell phones, the largest manufacturers of cellular telephones are planning to disclose on their packages the radiation levels emitted from the devices they sell. Under a proposal submitted by the […]
Help! My Cell Phone Is Glowing
Help! My Cell Phone Is Glowing MSNBC Journalist: Brock N. Meeks July 18, 2000 Atomic cell phones? A leading trade group wants boxes and instruction booklets to disclose cell phone radiation levels. The leading cellular industry trade group has ordered wireless phone makers to tell the public how much radiation their phones emit. The information […]
What Health Risks Do You Face Using Your Smartphone?
What Health Risks Do You Face Using Your Mobile Phone? CNET News Journalist: Corey Grice July 18, 2000 At the behest of a major wireless industry trade group and amid heightening concerns about potential health risks, many smartphones will soon carry information about radiation levels. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) yesterday announced plans to […]
Cell Phone Cover Advert ‘Misleading’
Consumers are being mislead by many companies claiming to provide protection from cell phone radiation and simple do not! One of the biggest offenders is a product referred to as a Pong Case. Beware Don’t Get Played By Pong Cases Cell Phone Radiation is No Game! Other outright frauds have been asked to withdraw advertisements […]
Cell Phone Standards ‘Fail To Reflect Risk’
Cell Phone Standards ‘Fail To Reflect Risk’ The Courier-Mail Journalist: Sean Parnell June 21, 2000 The Australian Senate has been told that mobile telephone standards in the country do not adequately reflect health risks. On 20 June 2000, principal scientific officer at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital, Peter French, called for tougher restrictions on […]
