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In the News (Tue 22 Dec 09)

  
 Radiation Health -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mobile phone radiation and health concerns have been raised following the enormous increase in the use of wireless mobile telephony throughout the world (as of December 2004, there were more than 800 million users worldwide).
Ionizing radiation is a stream of particles (such as photons) with sufficient energy to cause ionization of atoms or molecules.
Cherenkov radiation is the emission of electromagnetic radiation by a charged particle moving through an insulating medium faster than the speed of light in that medium.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/123/radiation-health.html   (1364 words)

  
 Cell Phone EMF and mobile phone radiation causes alarming health concerns.
Mobile phone use can affect a person's brain waves even when the handset is switched off and the user is asleep, new Australian research reveals.
The participants in the study were exposed to a standard mobile phone mounted on the right side of their heads for 30 minutes before sleep.
Cell Phone EMF: Her study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council as part of a larger investigation of mobile phone exposure in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bio-effects Research.
www.cellphoneradiationprotection.com /articles/cell-phone-emf-a01.shtml   (517 words)

  
 Mobile phone radiation and health - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is because mobile phones use electromagnetic waves in the microwave range.
Mobile phones have also been identified as a cause of reduced sperm production in men.
Mobile Phones and Health 2004: Report by the Board of NRPB.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile_phone_radiation_and_health   (2940 words)

  
 Mobile Phone Antennas and Human Health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mobile phone use was associated with a significantly decreased overall risk of cancer that was attributable largely to less smoking-related cancer.
Mobile phone use outside of work was not assessed, and other risk factors (for example, UV exposure and light skin color) were not assessed.
The higher incidence of neuromas on the side of the head where phone use was reported by the users may be an example of recall bias; that is, a user with a tumor on one side of their head might be more likely to remember (recall) using the phone on that side of the head.
www.mcw.edu /gcrc/cop/cell-phone-health-FAQ/toc.html   (18479 words)

  
 MOBILE PHONE RADIATION Fenica
Phone firms looked at radiation risks in 1993 - "THE major mobile phone companies were investigating ways of shielding against radiation as long ago as 1993, according to evidence unearthed by the Wireless Consumer Alliance.
Hands-free mobiles lose safety approval "...THE Government changed its advice yesterday on the use of hands-free kits with mobile phones, after suggestions that the devices could increase the exposure to microwave radiation.
Mobile phones could carry warnings on the amount of radiation they emit by the end of the year.
www.fenica.co.uk   (1998 words)

  
 Mobile Phones & Health Report. Radiation Protection for Mobile Phone users
Cell phone radiation and the health risk associated with cell phone use is real.
Mobile phones operate firmly within the non-ionizing part of the spectrum.
In rare instances, claims that mobile phones cause adverse health effects have been made into the subject of legal cases.
safecell.net /reports10.html   (923 words)

  
 Cell Phone EMF and mobile phone radiation causes alarming health concerns.
In order to understand wireless phones and their risk of causing cancer, a person has to understand how they are created.
Cell phones studies have linked radio frequency radiation to DNA and chromosome damage that infringe the blood-brain barrier and increase tumor risks, memory loss, and learning difficulties.
Some cancer studies have shown correlation that radiation is absorbed by the user's head, sinking in about one to two inches within the skull, causing some heating of the brain tissue.
safecell.net /reports/cell-phone-emf-a02.shtml   (717 words)

  
 The Mobile Phone System and Health Effects (Part 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Although the chronic but low level exposure from base stations and the intermittent but much higher exposure from mobile phones are different scenarios the scientific basis for assuming there is insufficient evidence for a health hazard is the same for both.
Ionizing radiation causes the formation of free radicals that are known to react with DNA (genetic material) hence providing a mechanism for cancer.
The hypothesis being tested was whether exposure to RF EME in the personal use of hand-held radiotelephones (mobile phones) is associated with an increased risk of cancer in vulnerable tissues close to where the phone is normally held when in use.
www.arpansa.gov.au /mph2.htm   (3081 words)

  
 Mobile phone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mobile phone use on aircraft is also prohibited, because of concerns of possible interference with aircraft radio communications [6].
In 2006, it was reported [7] that mobile phone users suffer much more serious lesions than non-users, in case of being struck by lightning during an electrical storm.
Mobile companies will not move telephone charges from one bill to the other, so if you place/receive a billable call on the wrong number, the charge will stay with the number used.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mobile_phone   (4104 words)

  
 Mobile phone radiation report
An independent Advisory Group has reviewed the evidence for health effects from radiofrequency transmissions, especially that published since the Stewart Report on Mobile Phones and Health in 2000.
However, there are limitations to the research carried out so far, and mobile phones have only been in widespread use for a relatively short time.
Regarding exposures in the vicinity of mobile phone base stations, AGNIR has examined data from a number of surveys and concluded that exposure levels are extremely low and the evidence indicates that they are unlikely to pose a health risk.
mobile-phone-shops-uk.com /news/mobile-phone-radiation-140104.html   (332 words)

  
 Mobile Phone Radiation and health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Phone companies are insisting that mobile phones only omit low levels of radiation, but tests have shown that even exposure to low levels of radiation CAN be harmful
A controversial test in the UK had shown that radiation can actually travel up the cord and into your ear which can be even more harmful accelerating the damage being done.
This way you'll be able to actually place the mobile phone infront or away from you - for example on a table, and speak and listen to the other person - WITHOUT having the Mobile Phone near your head or ANY part of your body for that matter...
www.xpert4u.co.uk /articles/mobilephoneradiation.html   (815 words)

  
 Mobile phone industry in radiation risk rap | The Register
Sir William Stewart slammed the industry for "doing too little to inform worried consumers", and demanded that radiation emission levels should be clearly displayed on phones.
This contribution to the mobile brain-frying debate is set against a backdrop of increasing concern as to the possible health risks to the growing number of teens with handsets glued to their ears.
The 2000 Stewart report insisted that younsters' use of mobile phones should be limited, after it identified "subtle biological effects which might not trigger illnesses, such as brain tumours, for 20 years".
www.theregister.com /2004/09/13/mobile_raditation_controversy   (444 words)

  
 YouTube - Mobile Phone Radiation Hazards
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This is an account of my own personal st This is an account of my own personal story, plus what I have discovered about the damaging effects of mobile phone radiation.
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www.youtube.com /watch?v=No6RWd4lEXw   (148 words)

  
 Mobile Phone Radiation Protection
Remember that if you're using a portable hands-free (with a speaker and cord that runs up into your ear) you are NOT necessarily safe.
I wouldn't recommend using your mobile to make lots of SOCIAL CALLS (these are usually quite lengthy in nature) You could be frying your head while you're gossiping.
This way you'll be able to actually place the mobile phone infront or away from you - for example on a table, and speak and listen to the other person – WITHOUT having the Mobile Phone near your head or ANY part of your body for that matter...
www.mobilephonesecrets.com.au /mobile-phone-radiation.html   (764 words)

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