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It’s well known that talking on a mobile phone increases the risks of traffic accidents—even on par with drink driving. But it now been shown to be a risk for pedestrians as well. A study from the Ohio State University, published in April, found that phone-related injuries among pedestrians are increasing, especially among males and people aged below 31.
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European Environment Agency advises precaution for mobile phone use. In January the European Environment Agency (EEA) issued a major report which has recommendations for mobile phone users and administrators. ‘Late Lessons from Early Warnings Vol II’ is a 750-page document that considers the risks of new technologies and the consequences of ignoring them. It includes case studies on mercury poisoning, hormone-disrupting chemicals in plastics, nuclear radiation, genetically modified organ
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In the first study of its kind, scientists have found that children exposed to mobile phone radiation early in life were more than usually prone to headaches. The scientists investigated over 52,000 children in Denmark who were part of the Danish National Birth Cohort—a project in which women, pregnant between 1996 and 2002, agreed to provide information about their children over a period of time. When they investigated the exposure of the children, the scientists found that 39%
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Why is it that the Interphone and Orebro University studies on mobile phones and brain tumours have found different results? In a new paper, Dr Lennart Hardell from Orebro University in Sweden explains that the findings are not so different after all. Hardell’s team has conducted a reanalysis of the data in their previous research, applying the criteria used by the Interphone project.
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US Congressman, Dennis J Kucinich is planning to introduce legislation on mobile phone safety. The proposed bill will require warning labels for mobile phones with information about SAR levels, an update of the ‘decades-old’ standard and a national research program to study the health effects of mobile phone radiation. ‘Consumers have a right to know whether they are buying the phone with the lowest–or the highest–level of exposure to cell phone radiation.
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International experts have provided evidence to a Senate subcommittee on the health effects of mobile phone use. Dr Devra Davis, a Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh said that she had recently confirmed overseas studies showing that “persons using a cell phone for a decade or longer have significantly elevated risks of acoustic neuroma.”
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Electromagnetic radiation impacts on sleep and this may be causing health problems. An adequate amount of good quality sleep is essential for achieving optimum physical and mental function. It is necessary, for example, for good health, for growth and development, for performance, memory and mood. Conversely, sleep problems have been shown to reduce quality of life, increase the risk of accidents, depression, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death.
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Reserach has found a lilnk between long-term mobile phone use and mouth cancers. Using a mobile phone can increase the risk of tumours of the parotid gland by up to 50% according to a study recently published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. This startling finding casts further doubts on the safety of mobile phones and lends support to previous studies that have found a connection between mobile phone use and brain tumours.
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Do you use your mobile phone while you drive? Do you play games on it? Are you addicted to your phone? The way we use our mobile phones is a reflection of our personalities, says Jim Phillips, a researcher from Australia’s Monash University. In a study published late last year, Phillips analysed the connection between mobile phone use and personality traits of 112 volunteers.
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A study from Spain casts new light onto the risk of mobile phone radiation for epileptics. E Lopez-Martin and team tested three groups of rats. One group was exposed to a GSM mobile phone signal of 900 MHz for two hours; one was exposed to the same radiation and a chemical which rendered them prone to seizures; the third was exposed only to the chemical. The researchers found that the seizure prone rats, when irradiated, suffered seizures
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Following a review of the scientific literature, German scientists have recommended precautions for the use of mobile phones. A comprehensive research review by 25 German scientists has found evidence of risk from mobile phone radiation. On the basis of their findings, scientists recommended a precautionary approach to the use of mobile phones. “Keep mobile phone calls short, don’t call in a moving car without external antenna, don’t make mobile phone calls at a long distance
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Dr Alan Frey has argued convincingly that mobile phones are responsible for causing headaches. Since the 1960s it has been known that people exposed to very low intensity microwaves hear sounds such as buzzes, clicks or tones. Known as “microwave hearing”, this phenomenon is thought to take place in the cochlea. People thus affected, who were the subjects of Frey’s experiments on microwave hearing in the 1960s, often reported headaches.
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