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Mobile phones 'could cause brain tumours in long-term users' | the Daily Mail 

Britain's biggest-ever study into mobile phone safety has warned that a long-term cancer risk cannot be ruled out. Scientists say possible dangers to ... children are also unknown - despite the millions of pounds spent during six years of research. As a result, investigators say they cannot update "precautionary" advice issued in 2005. That warned parents to limit children's use of mobiles and said those under eight should not use them at all. The results from the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme show no shortterm harm to brain and cells among adults from mobile phone signals or base stations, or from signals used by the emergency services. But the scientists found a "very slight hint" of increased cases of some type of brain tumours among people who had been using mobiles for more than 10 years. The data was "at the borderline of statistical significance" but should be investigated further, they said. Little research was commissioned on children, largely becau   [More...] [Less...]

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National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES ehponline.org Gene and Protein Expression ... Following Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields from Mobile Phones Jacques Vanderstraeten and Luc Verschaeve doi:10.1289/ehp.11279 (available at http://dx.doi.org/) Online 13 May 2008 1 Gene and Protein Expression Following Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields from Mobile Phones Jacques Vanderstraeten 1 and Luc Verschaeve 2 1. Research Unit on Work Health and Environmental Toxicology, School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium 2. Department of Toxicology, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels, Belgium Correspondence to: Dr Jacques Vanderstraeten 11 Ave Constant Montald, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium Tel: + 32 2 770 05 35 Fax: + 32 2 762 12 18 jacques.vanderstraeten@ssmg.be 2 Running title: Gene and Protein Expression, Mobile Phones Keywords: gene expression, genomics, microwaves, mobile phones, protein expression, prot   [More...] [Less...]

Cell phone radiation chart - CNET reviews 

What it all means According to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), specific absorption rate , or SAR, is "a way of measuring the ... quantity of radiofrequency (RF) energy that is absorbed by the body." For a phone to pass FCC certification, that phone's maximum SAR level must be less than 1.6W/kg (watts per kilogram). In Europe, the level is capped at 2W/kg while Canada allows a maximum of 1.6W/kg. The SAR level listed in our charts represents the highest SAR level with the phone next to the ear as tested by the FCC. Keep in mind that it is possible for the SAR level to vary between different transmission bands and that different testing bodies can obtain different results. Also, it's possible for results to vary between different editions of the same phone (such as a handset that's offered by multiple carriers). It's important to note that in publishing this list are we in no way implying that cell phone use is or isn't harmful to your health. While research abou   [More...] [Less...]

Mobile phones pose no health risk: German study- Telecom-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times 

BERLIN: One in four Germans who worry that mobile phones and their transmission towers are health hazards can now relax following studies coordinated by ... the Berlin-based Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said more than 50 studies in the German Mobile Telecommunications Research Programme (DMF), conducted from 2002 to 2008, had found no evidence that mobile phones and transmission towers posed a health risk within the required limits for electromagnetic radiation. The programme was funded with 17 million euros ($26 million), a small sum compared with the billions of euros that the German government collected when it auctioned licenses for slices of Germany's UMTS airwave spectrum in 2000. Though the country's four mobile network operators provided half of the research funds, the BfS told critics that DMF procedures had ensured the objectivity of the studies. Research focused on the functioning mechanisms of high frequency electroma   [More...] [Less...]

Hint of cancer risk after 10 years mobile phone use, say researchers | Science | The Guardian 

Hint of cancer risk after 10 years mobile phone use, say researchers · Study finds no danger for adults over shorter period · Advice to ban mobiles for ... children under eight holds Alok Jha, science correspondent The Guardian Thursday September 13 2007 Mobile phones do not pose health problems to adults in the short term but there is a "slight hint" of a cancer risk for long-term users, according to the results of a study which could not rule out risks of brain or ear cancer for those who have used mobiles for more than 10 years. "We found no association between incidence and exposure for people who have used their phones for less than 10 years," said Lawrie Challis, chair of the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme. "But we cannot rule out the possibility [of] an association for exposures for more than 10 years. The numbers appeared to show some slight hint ... it's a faint suggestion that needs to be followed up." The researchers involved in the six-year study   [More...] [Less...]

Report on mobile phone health risks published 

Mobile phones 'could cause cancer to long term users' 

Britain's biggest-ever study into mobile phone safety has warned that a long-term cancer risk cannot be ruled out. Scientists say possible dangers to ... children are also unknown - despite the millions of pounds spent during six years of research. As a result, investigators say they cannot update "precautionary" advice issued in 2005. That warned parents to limit children's use of mobiles and said those under eight should not use them at all. The results from the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research programme show no shortterm harm to brain and cells among adults from mobile phone signals or base stations, or from signals used by the emergency services. But the scientists found a "very slight hint" of increased cases of some type of brain tumours among people who had been using mobiles for more than 10 years. The data was "at the borderline of statistical significance" but should be investigated further, they said. Little research was commissioned on children, largely becau   [More...] [Less...]

Health Risks of Cell-Phone Use | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com 

More Americans are giving up their landlines for cell phones, but new research indicates that there may be health risks associated with long-term wireless ... use. What's a mobile addict to do? Americans logged more than 1 trillion cell-phone minutes in the first half of 2007 alone, so it came as little surprise that this is the year cellular-phone spending is predicted to surpass that of landlines, according to Labor Department data released this week. But even as more people give up their traditional home phones altogether, and ever younger kids get their own cell phones, there are still questions in the scientific community about whether this new American staple is safe for heavy or long-term use. Experts say the concern over cell-phone use stems from a form of radiation that's produced when the devices communicate with their base station. Wireless phones transmit via radio frequency (RF), a low-frequency form of radiation that is also used in microwave ovens and AM/FM radios. While hig   [More...] [Less...]

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This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance. Fully formatted PDF and full text (HTML) versions will be made available ... soon. Use of wireless telephones and self-reported health symptoms: a population-based study among Swedish adolescents aged 15-19 years Environmental Health 2008, 7:18 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-18 Fredrik Soderqvist (fredrik.soderqvist@orebroll.se) Michael Carlberg (michael.carlberg@yahoo.se) Lennart Hardell (lennart.hardell@orebroll.se) ISSN 1476-069X Article type Review Submission date 18 December 2007 Acceptance date 21 May 2008 Publication date 21 May 2008 Article URL http://www.ehjournal.net/content/7/1/18 This peer-reviewed article was published immediately upon acceptance. It can be downloaded, printed and distributed freely for any purposes (see copyright notice below). Articles in Environmental Health are listed in PubMed and archived at PubMed Central. For information about publishing your research in Environmental Health or an   [More...] [Less...]

Cell phone radiation may change protein expression in human skin 

THURSDAY FEB 14, 2008(Foodconsumer.org) -- Use of cell phone might change protein expression in human skin, potentially leading to some skin condition, ... suggests a study published Feb 11, 2008 in the BMC Genomics. The study led by Dariusz Leszczynski at Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Helsinki, Finland and colleagues showed exposure to radiofrequency modulated electromagnetic fields or RF-EMF, could alter 8 proteins. Earlier, the researchers have showed RF-EMF alters protein expression in human endothelial cell line. The current study was conducted on a small area of forearm’s skin in 10 female volunteers to see how RF-EMF would affect skin proteins in humans. The specific absorption rate used in the study was 1.3 W/kg. After exposure, exposed skin and unexposed skin were collected through biopsies for protein analysis. Among 8 proteins that were found to have been changed, two of the proteins were present in all 10 volunteers. The observations were similar to what's observed   [More...] [Less...]