December 8, 2004

“Cell Phone EMR Does No Harm,” Korean Researchers Found

Korean experts found that electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted by cell phones does no harm to human body, reports favorite By Seong-ju Lee for Telecom's Korea.

"According to research teams, animal and cytological tests and dynamic and voluntary studies show that there is no specific evidence that cell phone EMR has influence on human body. However, the study result said, to verify the real effect of EMR on health, there should be further study on the subject.

Another research team from Korea University led by Professor Jae-wook Choi conducted dynamic study on 4 types of brain tumors and found no meaningful evidence of EMR's impact on brain tumors. However, the researchers admitted that there has been limitation on preciseness of exposure evaluation."

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