Rural mobile phone users at greater risk

Rural mobile phone users could face eight times the risk of developing brain cancer than those living in urban areas, latest research into health risks revealed yesterday, reports EDP24.

The alarming research - published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine by researchers from the University Hospital in Orebr, Sweden - echoes warnings made by a foremost radiation expert that users in rural areas with poor reception are more vulnerable because output has to be boosted to make a connection.

More than three years ago Dr Alasdair Philips, a foremost expert on electromagnetic radiation and director of Powerwatch, told the British Association science festival that potentially dangerous radiation levels from handsets were higher in poor reception areas.

Other experts in the UK have indicated that there is no proven health risk to using mobile phones."

emily | 9:00 PM | Health Issues and SMS Alerts |
The Permanent Link to this page is: http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2005/05/008316.htm

Tweet