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Mobiles 'risk' for children



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Published Date: 22 June 2008
By Liz Longden
CANCER researchers have warned parents to limit their children's use of mobile phones, following a new study into the effects of the devices on health.
The international team who carried out the study this week said "the electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones should be considered a health risk".

Dr David Servan-Schreiber, who led the team, claimed: "What we found was astounding and much more concerning that what we had been led to believe."

They found that significant levels of electromagnetic radiation from the phones did penetrate the human body, and argued that until more research was done the gadgets should be considered dangerous.

In particular the study found that children's brains were more susceptible to the radiation than those of adults, and advised parents to ban younger children from using the phones regularly.



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  • Last Updated: 21 June 2008 8:16 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
  • Related Topics: Cancer research
 
1

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 22/06/2008 01:07:50

Your Advice is not going to be 'Heeded' as they say in Scotland!

Too many non factual research!

For instance; what network frequency are you talking about,? they all vary!

Some agree!,,..'Fry your Heads Off' others like Vodafone are gentle! low frequency network, that is why this network works the best in all situations, unfortunately the most expensive one to be with.
2

Guga II,

Rockall 22/06/2008 04:49:34
#1 Charles. Vodaphone may work well on the mainland, but not on the islands. Orange is one of the few networks that gives a reasonable coverage on the islands.

As for the dangers of using mobiles, they have been on about this for years, but I have yet to see any definitive research on the subject. As regards stopping kids using them, they have as much chance as a snowball in hell.

3

hertscot,

26/06/2008 15:16:36
#2 Guga II,

The reason you haven't seen any definitive research is .......


There isn't any!
4

Schot,

30/06/2008 13:00:52
I think the concept of 'definitive research' is unscientific.

What definitive research is there that smoking is bad for anyone ? There are some conditions that benefit from smoking, such as schitzophrenia, and not every smoker dies of cancer. "My grandad smoked 800 a day..."

Base your decisions on health risks on priorities. And with your children, be more cautious than current science, as current science is always about to be yesterdays science. Techonology such as mobile companies are always heavily involved in media spin that distorts pulic opinion.

There is a lot of evidence that all types of low-level radiation, ionising and non-ionising, is damaging over prolonged periods. In fact the body of evidence is snowballing. The German Health ministry urged parents last year to limit kid's to emergency calls only on their 'handies'.
A leading neurologist just last week said kmobiles were a bigger risk than tobacco and asbestos ever were.
Speaking as someone who has been employed by several major technology firms, I'd always recommend you take health advice from neurologists rather than engineers.

One practical way to limit your childs usage of mobiles is to remove the battery and replace it with a disposable plug in battery of limited charge. You can get these from most electronics shops for about a £1.

 

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