Are Mobile Telephones Hazardous to Health?
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mobile telephones and wireless LAN devices emit microwave radiation at
the same frequencies used to cook food. Now scientists are trying to
determine whether end users are at risk. "We have evidence of possible
genetic damage," says Dr. George Carlo, chairman of Wireless Technology
Research LLC (Washington, D.C.), which has been conducting research
into cellular telephones for 6 years. His study found that "using
mobile phones triples the risk of brain cancer." [10]
Dr. Kjell Hansson Mild in Sweden studied radiation risk in 11,000
mobile telephone users. Symptoms such as fatigue, headaches, and
burning sensations on the skin were more common among those who made
longer mobile telephone calls. At the same time, there are a growing
number of unconfirmed reports of individuals whose health has been
affected after chronic, frequent use of mobile telephones, presumably
from radiation effects on cells.
There is no evidence so far of mobile phone
radiation causing tumor formation or memory impairment in humans. Much
more research is needed before any firm conclusions can be drawn.
Whatever the effects of using mobile telephones may be in humans, the
health risk to an individual user from electromagnetic radiation is
likely to be very small indeed, but some individuals may be more prone
to radiation side effects than others (http://www.globalchange.com/radiation.htm).
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