Subject:  H.R. 3844/Coghill case in U.K. (fwd)
Date:     Thu, 23 Jul 1998 185826 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru@hotmail.com
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:32:33 -0700
From: dingel@concentric.net
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: H.R. 3844/Coghill case in U.K.

Roy:

I have the exact language of the House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on
Telecommunications.  If people want to locate the revised version of HR 3844,
based on the subommittee action of yesterday, they can locate it via internet
through Thomas (Library of Congress Congressional Web site - see access info.
instructions at end of this message)


Libby Kelley



WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFTEY ACT OF 1998, was approved for Full
Committee consideration, amended by a voice vote.

The following amendments were offered.  An Amendment in the nature of a
Substitute by Mr. Markey. #1, was AGREED to, as amended by a voice+ vote.

An Amendment to the Tauzin Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute by Mr.
Markey, #1A, re: restrict the release of certain information to anyone other
than emergency personnel without the consent of the wireless customer, was
AGREED TO by a division vote of 9 yeas to 5 nays.

An amendment to the Tauzin Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute by Mr.
Markey, #1B, re:  authorize the use of funds for the Food and Drub
Administration to conduct a study of the relationship between radiofrequency
emissions for wireless telephones and cancer, was AGREED TO by a voice vote.  

If you want to see the complete text for the revised bill, go to Thomas!
If you want to build a link from your Web page to THOMAS, using a colorful
graphical button, copy this code to make the button on your Web page: 







Now, about Roger Coghill's report:     
...........Scientist seeks warning on mobile phones 


              LONDON, July 22: A court will be asked on Thursday to force
manufacturers of mobile phones to concede the possibility that
their prolonged use could jeopardize health and to attach a health
warning to the products. 

              The private criminal action is being brought by British
biologist Roger Coghill.   Coghill, who runs an independent radiation  
laboratory in Pontypool, Wales, wants mobile phones to carry a 
warning that more than 20 minutes of continuous use may damage health. 

              The magistrates court action is being taken against a local
telephone store.  The pre-trial review seeks to set a date for a trial
hearing, Coghill said.  Coghill said the mobile phone was the biggest
domestic appliance source of radiation ever invented. "And we use it
close to the most sensitive organ of the body," he added in a telephone 
interview. 

              "There are urgent large research programmes taking place to
find out how large the risk could be. Meanwhile anyone habitually
using a cellphone for more than 20 minutes at once needs his head 
examined," Coghill said.






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