Subject:  Bloomberg.com report on the UK cell-phone study (Kelley)...
Date:     Thu, 23 Sep 1999 012346 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" 
To:       emfguru 
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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 13:41:47 -0700
From: Libby Kelley 
To: rbeavers@llion.org
Subject: Bloomberg.com report on the UK study

Technology News 
                    Wed, 22 Sep 1999, 5:35pm EDT 

                    U.K. Panel Calls for More Wireless Phone Health
                    Research on Radiation Risk
                    
                    By Christine Harper and James Amott

                    U.K. Panel Calls for More Wireless Phone Health Research 

                    London, Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Health risks from wireless
                    telephones need more investigation and publicly funded
                    research should be increased, a U.K. government
                    committee recommended. 

                    The industry and the National Radiological Protection Board
                    also should cooperate to find ways to design phones
                    that can limit users' exposure to radiation, according
                    to the report from the House of Commons Science and
                    Technology Committee. 

                    Worldwide growth in the use of mobile telephones has
                    prompted concern that the radiation used to transmit phone
                    signals can cause health problems, such as headaches,
                    nausea, sleep problems and memory loss, in users.
                    Research into the issue has been inconclusive so far. 

                    The danger ``is unclear but there is sufficient anecdotal
                    evidence and uncertainty to justify further research,'' the
                    report said. ``We recommend that the government ensures
                    that a higher priority is given to a research program
                    into the health impacts of mobile phones.'' 

                    The committee's report also recommends that the government
                    adopt international guideline limits for microwave
                    exposure ``as a precautionary measure.'' 



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Libby Kelley
Executive Director
Council on Wireless Technology Impacts
aka ~ Ad Hoc Association of Parties Concerned about 
    the FCC's Radiofrequency Radiation Health and Safety Rules
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