John Horvath on Sun, 22 Sep 2002 15:32:52 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> Finn researchers find mobile phones can affect human cells |
[A small update related to a post I sent a while back about health hazards related to extended mobile phone use. Interesting how to downplay the findings that if the results could be replicated and shown to occur in humans, the negative side effects would be "disturbances" such as "headaches, feeling tired or problems with sleeping" as opposed to the dreaded word "health problems", namely cancer. John] Finn researchers find mobile phones can affect human cells CORDIS RTD-NEWS/© European Communities, 2000. Record Control Number: 18572 Research carried out by Finland's Radiation and nuclear safety authority have produced some initial evidence showing that radiation in mobile phones could have an effect on cells which protect the brain. The study, which was carried out over two years, found that the human cells which act as a safety barrier for the brain can be affected by even low levels of exposure to the radiation found in mobile phones. This allows more molecules to pass into the brain, including ones that could be harmful. The study represents the first experiment to gauge the effects of mobile phones carried out on human cells rather than rats. But Professor Darius Leszcynski who carried out the study said that mobile phones are still safe to use, as the study did not look at the effect of radiation in humans, but just on human cells. But he warned that if the same results were found in humans, there could be consequences for mobile phone users. 'If it did happen it could lead to disturbances, such as headaches, feeling tired or problems with sleeping.' # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net