Disney dumps NOK on health issues
Disney to Stop Licensing Characters for Phones, NY Post Says
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Burbank, California, Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co. said it will stop licensing Mickey and Minnie Mouse
faceplates on Nokia Oyj cellular phones because of a lack of information about health risks, the New York Post
reported.
Disney disclosed its decision Wednesday after ABC's ``Prime Time'' asked the company -- which owns the ABC
television network -- about scientists' concerns over marketing of cell phones to children, the Post said.
Studies have attempted to link cell-phone use to health problems such as headaches and brain tumors. A U.K.
scientific commission said in May that there is insufficient evidence to establish a risk, adding that in the meantime
children should be discouraged from using cell phones, the paper said.
Disney, based in Burbank, California, will halt licensing of its characters for cell phones ``until there is reliable scientific
evidence establishing the absence of any such link,'' spokesman John Singh said, according the Post.
(New York Post 11/25 21) |
