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World-first test of mobile phone radiation begins
News The hospital's Centre for Immunology will simulate mobile phone radiation and test its long-term, intermittent impact on human brain cells. Although French concedes that that there is "no consistency" to previous research into the effects of mobile...
[January 10, 2002, 9:42]
Two-piece mobile phone cuts radiation
News The issue of radiation may not be compelling enough for this device to take off," said IDC Asia-Pacific analyst Gary Hong. A Hong Kong-based company is planning to release a mobile phone that could put radio frequency farther from the user.
[May 16, 2002, 9:41]
Mobile phone masts to face public consultation
Talkback I am representing WARM, Whitton Against Radiation Masts, and we are protesting against the erection of 3 new 3G masts on a site at the end of our children's school play ground. There are already a staggering 24 antennae on this telephone exchange...
[November 28, 2003, 10:49]
My mobile radiation health fear: apoplexy
Blog Comment Seriously, though, did they say anything about what effect this thing has on battery life in the mobile phone? Excellent article. Your final question (and answer) says it all, doesn't it? The PR man doesn't use it himself.sigh.
[February 13, 2008, 13:54]
Report hints at minimum age for mobile phone use
News A government-appointed commission could recommend urgent new guidelines on a minimum age limit for mobile phone users. Government officials were shown the report last week after the Treasury received £22.5bn from the auction of third-generation...
[May 11, 2000, 8:03]
Mobile phone companies slammed for targeting children
News According to the BMA, insufficient research has been carried out into the effect that microwave radiation from handsets has on internal organs, such as the kidneys. Mobile phone companies have been strongly criticised by a leading UK scientist for...
[September 5, 2001, 13:35]
Mobile phone masts to face public consultation
News Among other recommendations, it called on the government to create a national database of masts and to check the radiation emissions from all masts -- especially those close to schools. Local people will be given a greater say in the siting of all...
[March 20, 2001, 6:10]
Why mobile radiation protection may make sense
Blog Guy Kewney, who has been covering this technology lark since around the time I was born, has an interesting take on a new device that is claimed to protect against mobile phone radiation. Guy didn't chuck his fine collection of mobile gadgets into...
[February 15, 2007, 17:05]
Motorola denies mobile phone cancer shield claims
News A report in The Times on Monday claimed that Motorola, Nokia and Ericsson had each registered a number of patents for "radiation-reducing devices". Motorola has denied claims that it has been working on secret devices to combat health concerns over...
[June 14, 2001, 8:39]
Full marks for school mobile phone masts
News In most cases, the amount of radiation detected was many thousands of times less than the maximum levels permitted under the guidelines for public safety. A year-long investigation into the emission levels around mobile phone base stations sited...
[January 4, 2002, 13:19]
My mobile radiation health fear: apoplexy
Blog Other problems he quoted as being linked to mobile phone radiation were disrupted sleep, male fertility, DNA breakage - in all, some forty effects. Exradia makes Angel-brand mobile phone batteries that contain extra electronics and a coil of wire.
[February 13, 2008, 13:03]
Committee calls for mobile phone health research
News In the long term the committee called for the government to increase funding and resources to the Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation to ensure "constant vigilance". The British Science and Technology Committee, not satisfied with the...
[September 23, 1999, 11:09]
Report: Hands-free mobiles triple radiation risk
News The amount of radiation emitted by a mobile phone may be increased up to three and a half times when used with a hands-free kit, according to a study released by the Consumers' Association Thursday. Although the amount of radiation emitted by...
[November 2, 2000, 13:43]
Government U-turn on mobiles
News As part of a £7m research programme into the health effects of mobile phone radiation, leaflets will warn consumers of the potential risks of using a mobile phone. The Consumer Association claimed in November that the amount of radiation emitted by...
[December 8, 2000, 17:32]
Study links mobile emissions to tumours
News New research by Finland's Helsinki-based Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority appears to support long-held claims that mobile phone radiation may promote tumour growth. Although the study's findings primarily focused on mobile phone radiation's...
[June 20, 2002, 9:44]
Levi's to sell 'anti-radiation' trousers for mobile users
News Clothing manufacturer Levi Strauss is gearing up to launch a pair of trousers with an "anti-radiation" mobile phone pocket, prompted by customer concern over possible health dangers caused by mobile phone use.
[September 12, 2002, 15:07]
Researchers develop mobile phone cancer theory
News The research group, lead by radiation expert Dr Peter French, principal scientific officer at the Centre for Immunology Research at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, said that mobile phone frequencies well below current safety levels could stress...
[June 25, 2001, 16:00]
Hands-free mobiles 'increase normal radiation'
News to test mobile phone "shields" also aimed at reducing radiation. Hands-free mobile equipment may actually increase the amount of radiation a user is exposed to by as much as three hundred percent, a Consumers Association (CA) report found Tuesday.
[April 4, 2000, 16:02]
Environmental group publishes phone radiation list
Blog For example, one Institute of Cancer Research study in 2006 found no conclusive links between phone radiation and the most common type of brain tumour, glioma. An environmental lobby group has published a list of the relative amounts of...
[September 10, 2009, 17:28]
Latest: Children at risk from mobiles
News Writing in The Lancet, Dr Gerard Hyland warns that the low-intensity, pulsed radiation used by mobile phones exert subtle non-thermal influences on living organisms. It cannot be denied that the non-thermal effects of MWR [microwave radiation] used...
[November 24, 2000, 11:17]
