Title: Cell Phones: The Risk Is Real
Resource type: News article
Date: 12:07 p.m. 26.Oct.98.PST
Source: WIRED NEWS
Author: Wired News Report
Keywords: CELL PHONE, HEALTH RISK, PATENT, MICROWAVE EMISS
Cell phone manufacturers have acknowledged for the first time that
their
products pose a health risk to users, according to a story in
London's
Independent. Lawyers claim that the admission will pave the way for
civil
suits against manufacturers, for conditions ranging from tumors,
damage
to the immune system, and memory loss.
The newspaper bases its story on patents filed by leading cell phone
manufacturers -- including Ericsson and Alcatel -? which are
developing
new equipment that's designed to minimize the health risks
associated
with using mobile phones.
"These companies deny there is any health risk, yet they are -- all
the
time -- applying for patents to reduce the level of [microwave]
emissions," biologist Roger Coghill told the newspaper.
http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/15834.html
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