Does Tero know that GSM phones may be hazardous to your health?? Note one recommendation to "keep the exposure as low as possible" i.e. cdma!!!
LONDON, May 23 - The use of
portable telephones may lead to cancerous
brain tumors, according to two new studies
featured in a BBC documentary to be
broadcast Monday.
The first study, by Swedish cancer
specialist Lennart Hardell, concluded the risk
of brain tumors is multiplied 2.5 times when
cell phones are used, and encouraged use
of lower-wattage units.
"We need to use mobile phones which give
low exposure to the brain. We need to be
cautious about the use of phones in children
or young adults," the doctor said on the
program "Panorama."
The documentary also cited a second,
as-yet unpublished study done in the United
States, which draws a link between the
phones and greater risk of developing a rare
form of brain tumor.
Based on these results, the head of a
25-million-dollar research body funded by
the mobile phone industry suggested more
studies be carried out.
"We clearly have results here that suggest
there could be something more here than
meets the eyes," said George Carlo.
"That suggests there could be a problem
that needs to be looked at very, very
carefully," he added.
A third experiment was done at the
University of Bristol in southwestern England
on 36 adults who were exposed from
between 20 to 30 minutes to radiation
similar to that produced by mobile phones.
The results showed the subjects' capacity
to make choices (a function of the visual
cortex) was altered at the end of the
sessions.
Alan Preece, who supervised the study,
recommended that users "keep the exposure
(to mobile phones) as low as possible."
Commercially, portable tele@iomes have
been perhaps the biggest M syccess of the
90's.
Sales jumped 51 percent in 1998 to 162.9
million units, according to a study by the US
firm Dataquest recently published in London.
Western Europe is the largest market for
mobile phones, with 32.5 percent of sales.
The United States is second with 17.1
percent, and Japan third with 16.5 percent. |
