| Electromagnetic Radiation |
| France: Libraries switch off wi-fi internet |
| Four libraries in Paris have turned off their wi-fi internet connections after staff claimed they were causing health problems. The latest to shut down its wireless network is the wireless Sainte-Genevieve university library in the 5th arrondissement after a member of staff threatened to take early retirement on health grounds..." |
| Read more at The Connexion | 4 June 2008 | Back to Top |
| Canada: Cellphones and kids |
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"Some preliminary studies suggest that people who use cellphones for long periods are at greater risk of developing brain tumours. And children, with their thinner skulls and developing nervous systems, may be at greater risk than adults. Furthermore, because children today have begun using cellphones at an earlier age than previous generations, their exposure will be far greater over their lifetimes.
The cellphone industry hotly disputes these findings. But the Toronto Board of Health is taking a precautionary stand and urging parents to limit their children's use of cellphones to essential purposes, to restrict the length of their calls and to have them use headsets..." |
| Read more at the Toronto Star| 17 July 2008 | Back to Top |
| US: What do brain surgeons know about cellphone safety that the rest of us don't? |
"Last week, three prominent neurosurgeons told the CNN interviewer Larry King that they did not hold cellphones next to their ears. 'I think the safe practice,' said Dr. Keith Black, a surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, 'is to use an earpiece so you keep the microwave antenna away from your brain'..."
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| Read more at the New York Times| 3 June 2008 | Back to Top |
| UK: Using a mobile phone while pregnant can seriously damage your baby |
| "Scientists found that mothers who did use the handsets were 54 per cent more likely to have children with behavioural problems and that the likelihood increased with the amount of potential exposure to the radiation..."
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| Read more at the Independent | 30 March 2008 | Back to Top |
| UK: Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep | |
| "...The research, sponsored by the mobile phone companies themselves, shows that using the handsets before bed causes people to take longer to reach the deeper stages of sleep and to spend less time in them, interfering with the body's ability to repair damage suffered during the day.
The findings are especially alarming for children and teenagers, most of whom surveys suggest use their phones late at night and who especially need sleep. Their failure to get enough can lead to mood and personality changes, ADHD-like symptoms, depression, lack of concentration and poor academic performance. ..." |
| Read more at The Independent | 20 January 2008 Back to Top |