Latest Mobile phone radiation and health Stories

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's radiation watchdog is to study the effects of mobile phones on human proteins by direct tests on people's skin, to see if handset transmissions affect their health. A pilot study, to be conducted next week, will expose a small area of skin on volunteers' arms to cellphone radiation for the duration of a long phone call, or for one hour, research professor Dariusz Leszczynski said on Friday. Researchers will then take a skin sample to study and compare...

AMSTERDAM -- There is no evidence that radiation from mobile phones or mobile phone and TV towers is harmful to people, but more investigation is needed, the Dutch Health Council said in a new report on Wednesday.The Electromagnetic Fields Committee of the council, which advises the Dutch government, studied fresh research from around the world published between 2003 and October 2005, and said the outcome of studies proved either inconclusive or did not meet scientific criteria.One 2003 Dutch...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - There is no evidence that radiation from mobile phones or mobile phone and TV towers is harmful to people, but more investigation is needed, the Dutch Health Council said in a new report on Wednesday.The Electromagnetic Fields Committee of the council, which advises the Dutch government, studied fresh research from around the world published between 2003 and October 2005, and said the outcome of studies proved either inconclusive or did not meet scientific criteria.One...

LONDON (Reuters) - Ten years of using a mobile phone results in no increased risk of a tumour in the nerve connecting the ear to the brain, researchers said on Tuesday.But amid public concern about a possible link, the scientists who conducted the largest study so far on the subject said they could not rule out a higher risk over a longer period."The results of our study suggest there is no substantial risk in the first decade after starting use," said Anthony Swerdlow of the...

The effects of exposure to electromagnetic radiation have long been a subject for debate among scientists. The technological developments of the last twenty years such as cell and cordless phones, wireless communications, monitors and even high voltage lines have all been studied as potential risk factors for cancer and other diseases. Less known to the public, but still a matter of some extensive research, is the study of the effect of microwave radiation on the visual system and especially...