Subject: (DePippo) CNN's Cell Phone Report w/ L. Dobbs (fwd) Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 081650 -0500 (CDT) From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org> To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org> -------------------------------------------------- .......Thanks Peter!!!! Are there more such (yet unpublished) reports out there....... Roy Beavers (EMFguru)...... rbeavers@llion.org....... .....It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness..... EMF-L web-site can be found at:EMF-L archives can be found at: (soon to be available) ...................PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROFITS................. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 09:06:20 EDT From: PDepippo@aol.com To: rbeavers@llion.org Subject: CNN's Cell Phone Report w/ L. Dobbs In tonight's "Leading Edge": Are there links between cellular phones and cancer? The wireless industry has repeatedly denied that cell phones are dangerous, but new research shows there could be a connection between radiation from cell phones and certain kinds of tumors. Steve Young has our report. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) STEVE YOUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They're becoming ubiquitous. Nearly a quarter-billion people use cell phones, including 70 million in the U.S. alone. Ever since the first cell phone health suit was filed six years ago, manufacturers and phone companies have said there's no link between cell phones, which emit microwave radiation, and brain cancer. Now an industry-funded study set to be published next month finds cell-phone users face more than two-and-a-half times greater risk for certain rare kinds of brain tumors. But the study is inconclusive, and the man in charge of coordinating the $27 million research program says follow-up work is needed. GEORGE CARLO, CHMN., WIRELESS TECH. RESEARCH: This is a gray area where this could be something of no biological consequence or it could be something that's the beginning of seeing significant impacts that we didn't expect. YOUNG: And there's more evidence: A recent government-funded study in Sweden also found cell phone users have an increased cancer risk. It found the tumors appeared on the side of the head people used their phones. LENNART HARDELL, OSBRO HOSPITAL, SWEDEN: On either right or left side, we find an increased risk. That's in the area where the majority -- or the highest exposure to microwaves occurs during the use of cell phones. YOUNG: Hardell's results were based on a group of about 200 people and it's being repeated on a group five times that. He's trying to find out if cell-phone radiation makes cancer appear sooner in people with a pre-existing susceptibility or actually causes it or if there's no link whatsoever. The Food and Drug Administration, which sets cell-phone radiation standards, declined our repeated requests for an on-camera interview. An FDA scientist says, "We don't find cause for taking any action, but the results should be followed up by the scientific community." Motorola, the biggest U.S. cell-phone manufacturer, also declined to appear on camera. A spokesman said the company agrees the latest studies merit follow-up and is committed to seeing that the research is done. As for the trade group, it also declined an on-camera interview request. In a letter, its president says, "The industry will continue to support appropriate and necessary research." But the association has spent nearly all the money it appropriated for research six years ago, and some say the industry has slowed the pace of the research. LOUIS SLESIN, MICROWAVE NEWS: The FDA has been all too willing to let industry be in the driver's seat here, and I think it's time now for the FDA to take control of the research. YOUNG: Some scientists are starting to say people should reduce their exposure to cell phone radiation until conclusive research is available. GEORGE CARLO, SCIENCE COORDINATOR: It's time to talk about prudent avoidance regarding exposure until we get more research done in human beings, and until we get from results of larger studies. (END VIDEOTAPE) YOUNG: The science coordinator for the industry in the U.S., George Carlo, says cell phone companies should publicize ways consumers can use their phones to lessen the potential risk. He says he still uses his cell phone, but only with an ear piece attachment so he can keep the antenna away from his head -- Lou. DOBBS: Now this research, just exactly how is the industry responding, because, you and I in your reporting over the years we've been here before. Are they being somewhat more serious about it than previous years? YOUNG: I think they're serious about it. I think they're quite concerned also about the public relations spillover. They knew we were doing this story. They also know that the BBC is tonight doing a 40-minute broadcast, and the head of public relations for Motorola flew to London just to see that broadcast and respond to it. Archive provided courtesy of WaveGuide, http://www.wave-guide.org Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html