Subject:  Roger Coghill case, EMF news from UK (fwd)
Date:     Tue, 10 Nov 1998 220720 -0600 (CST)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org>
To:       emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org>
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:31:20 -0600
From: Edward S Maxey 
To: "Roy L. Beavers" 
Subject: EMF news from UK

Hi Roy,

Thought the following might interest you.  John Clark
is a retired mathematician who was teaching computer
science at Orange Coast College at a time when only two
universities in the USA offerred computer courses.

He sent this over just this evening.
Regards,
Ed
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Date: 
        Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:45:54 -0600
  From: 
        rcmahq@nwark.com (John R. Clark KA6JCx)
    To: 
        EdMaxey@pol.net


The Times: Britain:  November 10 1998   BRITAIN

Scientist wages court campaign on mobile phone 'risk'   BY SIMON DE
BRUXELLES

MOBILE telephones can seriously damage your health, a scientist told a
court yesterday.

Roger Coghill, who runs an independent science laboratory in South Wales,
was launching a private prosecution against a mobile phone retailer who
declined to warn purchasers of the potential "major health hazard".

If he wins the case, which he is bringing under the Consumer Protection
Act, mobile phones will in future come with health warnings similar to
those on cigarette packets.

Mr Coghill claims that using a mobile phone for more than 20 minutes at a
time can increase the risk of cancers and other health problems.

Mr Coghill, 58, bought two L130 mobile telephones from Mobile
Communication Services in Cwmbran, Gwent. His barrister, Hugo Charlton,
QC, told magistrates at Abergavenny: "Legislation says that goods should
carry instructions or warnings but the shop is doing nothing to warn the
public about any risks. We say that a warning against excessive use would
be reasonable in making the product safer."

Wayne Morgan, 41, the owner of the shop, denies supplying a faulty mobile
telephone and failing to comply with safety requirements.

Mr Coghill, an expert in electromagnetic radiation who lives in
Pontypool, Gwent, said: "I was concerned there were no warning labels on
the mobile phones. I alerted Mr Morgan to my concerns and he was quite
happy to put a notice in the shop saying there might a risk but he refused
to put a label on them."  Mr Coghill said a study at Colorado State
University of 150 mobile phone users showed those who used them most had a
lower level of a brain hormone that helps to prevent cancer.

His first witness, Alisdair Phillips, an electronics expert, said he had
investigated many complaints by mobile phone users.  "I have received
frequent reports from regular phone users of headaches, loss of
concentration, skin tingling or burning, and twitching. The complaints can
involve eye tics, short-term memory loss, buzzing in the head at night and
other effects such as tiredness."

Mr Phillips, an expert in electromagnetic fields, recently led a team of
scientists commissioned to investigate the possible health risks posed by
the Kuwait telephone network, which has a large number of mobile phone
users.

He said: "I believe there is now adequate evidence to insist that all
mobile phone handsets should be required to have a suitable warning
label."


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