Environmental Issues: Mobile Phones
What are the health and environmental issues of mobile phones? Learn how mobile phones affect people, and the environment, and what companies and the government are doing to make mobile phones safer.
How Safe are Cell Phones?
As more and more people use cell phones, even replacing their land lines in favor of the mobile gadgets, are they exposing themselves to a form of radiation that could lead to brain tumors and other health problems? Researchers still can't say conclusively that cell phones cause cancer, but the potential health risks of long-term cell-phone use are starting to worry an increasing number of scientists and public officials.
As more and more people use cell phones, even replacing their land lines in favor of the mobile gadgets, are they exposing themselves to a form of radiation that could lead to brain tumors and other health problems? Researchers still can't say conclusively that cell phones cause cancer, but the potential health risks of long-term cell-phone use are starting to worry an increasing number of scientists and public officials.
FDA Questions Results of Study Linking Mobile Phones and Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is questioning the results of a Swedish study that claims to provide the first scientific evidence of an increased risk of brain cancer among people who use mobile phones.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is questioning the results of a Swedish study that claims to provide the first scientific evidence of an increased risk of brain cancer among people who use mobile phones.
Mobile Phones - Heavy Use of Mobile Phones Increases Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Mobile phones are a mainstay of personal and professional communications worldwide--but are they safe? A new study by the Swedish National Institute for Working Life and the University of Oerebro has found the first significant evidence linking mobile phone use to an increased risk of brain tumors.
Mobile phones are a mainstay of personal and professional communications worldwide--but are they safe? A new study by the Swedish National Institute for Working Life and the University of Oerebro has found the first significant evidence linking mobile phone use to an increased risk of brain tumors.