Subject: (Kelley) London Sunday Observer, March 14, 1999 (fwd)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 005325 -0600 (CST)
From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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......More 'mention' below of the recent action by the European
Parliament that is being **blacked out** by U.S. media......
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:35:41 -0800
From: Libby Kelley
To: Rbeavers@llion.org
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London Sunday Observer - March 14, 1999
Today's Front Page
Mobile phone users 'high on radiation'
MOBILE phone users - the scourge of railway carriages and restaurants -
may be unable to help themselves.
A study has found that radiation from mobile phones stimulates a
morphine-like chemical in the brain, making them addictive.
The mobile 'high' is triggered by endorphins released in the brain when
microwave radiation from the phone enters through the ear. According to an
American expert on radio frequencies and health, one of the effects of
increasing opiate levels is that it makes you want to drink more alcohol.
"The link between opiates and alcohol is well established' says Dr Henry Lai
of the University of Washington and Seattle.
Public concern has increased following a number of reports suggesting low-
intensity microwave radiation from mobile phones could cause headaches, short-
term memory loss and even cancer.
Fears about radiation prompted the European Parliament last week to call for
all mobile phones in Europe to carry health warnings - a significant victory
for UK campaigners battling to persuade the Government to recognise potential
hazards posed by mobile phones.
Euro-Mp's took the unusual step of tightening proposals designed to regulate
positioning of mobile phone transmitter masts.
The Parliament voted 'almost unanimoulsy' on measures which recognise that the
low-level radio waves emitted by transmitters may have long-term, harmful
effects on people.
The industry denies that there are dangers. "There is no firm evidence of
adverse health effects from mobile phones' says the National Radiological
Protection Board.
'We liken these attitudes to smoking' a spokesman for Friends of the Earth
said yesterday. 'The growing body of evidence was ignored because is was not
100 per cent proved.'
The Department of health said yesterday it is satisfied with the NRPB
position, but adds. 'We are aware of the health concerns and have commissioned
research which is due to be published shortly. Itf it is a labelling issue,
it will a matter for the DTI.'
Tobacco manufacturers suffered multi-million -dollar lawsuits from smokers who
proved they were not properly warned of health risks.
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