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In light of recent scientific evidence of risk, several eminent scientists have recommended precautions when using mobile phones including restrictions on their use by children. As governments and industries remind us, there is “no conclusive proof” that the radiation from mobile phones causes health problems and they dismiss any possibility of risk at athermal (non-heating) levels of radiation.
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Mobile phone manufacturers engaged in several legal actions in the US may face compelling new evidence that the radiation from mobile phones is a health risk—from their own patents. While the companies have been publicly proclaiming the safety of their products, they have been applying for patents for designs intended to reduce radiation exposure. These include: a Nokia shield between the antenna and the head (patented 28.07.98);
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German parents have received official advice to limit their children’s use of mobile phones. Wolfram König, the head of the nation’s Federal Radiation Protection Office, recommends that children not use mobile phones. He has also recommended that mobile phone base stations not be erected near sensitive areas such as kindergartens, schools and hospitals.
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Tobacco, asbestos and lead - exposures to these toxic substances have devastated lives, changed social perceptions of what is acceptable, diminished corporate revenue, generated huge compensation claims and earned prosecuting lawyers healthy rewards. Will the same be true for mobile phones? An interesting synergy would suggest that this is the case.
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On December 4, Democrat Senator Lyn Allison called for the Federal Government to implement precautions to protect public health from the radiation emitted by mobile phones and mobile phone antennae. After drawing attention to a number of precautionary recommendations by the UK’s Stewart Report, she urged the Government to “follow the lead of the UK Government in:
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The UK’s Department of Health is implementing the recommendations of the Stewart Report released last May. On 8 December, it announced that it will provide £7 million for research on the health effects of radiation from mobile phones. The research program, to be jointly financed by government and industry, will be headed by Sir William Stewart who chaired the inquiry on mobile phones.
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EMRAA looks at some of the problems with Australia's draft RF standard. A year in preparation, the new draft Standard for radiation protection is now available for public review. The Standard, which covers the frequencies from 3 kHz to 300 GHz—including the range used by mobile phones and base stations—
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The results of the inquiry have now been released. After 14 months, 149 submissions and six public hearings in three states, the Senate Inquiry into EMR concluded with the release of the Committee’s reports on 4 May. Three reports were tabled, one by the Chair, Democrat Senator Lyn Allison, and two dissenting reports by the Labor and Liberal parties respectively.
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Dr Pamela Sykes has failed to obtain funding to proceed with a study on mobile phone radiation. A pilot program conducted by Sykes found that transgenic mice exposed for 25 days to periods of radiation at 900 MHz (such as is emitted by digital mobile phones) showed significant changes to DNA. While Sykes had hypothesised that the exposure would increase the number of DNA breaks, the pilot in fact found that there was a protective effect.
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In its October 2000 edition of Living Well, major health insurer MBF has advised readers to reduce exposure to radiation from mobile phones. “Follow these tips for safer mobile phone use: make fewer and shorter calls; switch to an approved hands-free set; discourage children from using in non-emergency situations; don’t phone and drive, even with a hands-free model.”
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The following information is from a presentation by Dr Sianne Kwee, Effects of Microwave Fields from Mobile Phones on Cell Growth to the European Parliament, 29.6.00. Dr Kwee and her colleagues in Denmark conducted a series of experiments designed to show how EMR affects cell tissue cultures and their DNA replication. The researchers cultivated human cells in an EMR-free environment then exposed them to EMR, before returning them to a field-free zone for 24 hours.
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The Senate Committee received submissions and heard oral presenations in three capitals. Here are the highlights. Dr Peter French. Dr Peter French and Dr David McKenzie advanced a new and compelling model which links mobile phone radiation to the development of cancer. “The support for this link is based firmly on the peer reviewed and published work of other scientists internationally, and supported by observations in our own laboratory.” The first of a sequence of events occurs when th...
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