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Latest Health News

Calls to help stop camera phone surveillance abuse
 ReCellular to provide cell-phone recycling in Latin America
Mobile phones could hurt sperm count
Nextel develops free text-based AMBER Alert offering

2003
 US tower firm fined over safety violations
 Recycled components used in cell phone accessories
 Nokia mobile phones explode
Cell-using teens heading for early senility - report
US FCC To Probe Role Of Masts in bird deaths
Bogus AntiRadiation Sellers Busted
No cell phones sticker now trademarked
Woman suffers facial burns from cell phone
Now you can dump your wife by SMS
Israeli Software Enables Deaf to Use Cell Phones
 FCC orders mobile phones to be hearing aidcompatible
Prosecution for cell phone radiation blockers
 Vodafone to publish base station emissions
 Camera cellphones banned from Oz locker rooms
Canadian network to show off intrinsically-safe mobile phone
Vodafone promotes cell phone for the blind
 Recycled components used in cell phone accessories
 No rise in cancer since cellphones launched - New Zealand Report
 Cellphones safe for humans - French Report
Cellphones could be harmful - US Goverment
Do cell phones kill?


2002
 Japanese mobile phone firms to study health risks
 US Attorneys Petition to Include Phone Study as Evidence in Lawsuit
 Antiradiation Levis jeans fuel cellphone debate
 Cellphones don't cause cancer, at least in rats
 China radiation law could fry mobile industry
US Charges Fraud over 'Safety' Shields
Phone Radiation Labeling Program Launched
 Sending cellphones where the sun don't shine
UK govt to start mobile phone health risk inquiry
Mobile Phones May Do Harm by Speeding Up Brain
Cellphone Health Risk Needs More Research
 German Radiation Expert Warns on Cellphones
Ericsson denies cancer shield report
 Handset Radiation Focus Of US Probe
New Class Action Lawsuits Target Cellphone Industry
Scientists invent material to block phone radiation
SABS To Monitor Effects Of Phone Radiation
Cell Phone Suit 'Will Get Its Day in Court'
German Study Links Cell Phones And Eye Cancer
US Study Discounts Cancer-Cellular Phone Use
 Radiation From Mobile Phones Amplified In Cells - report
 Memphis to ban teen car phone use
US Bid To Help Hearing Impaired Mobile Users
UK to Fund Research Into Mobile Phones 
US Investigating Cell Phone Health Risks
Australians Urged to recycle their old phones
UK Schools warned over mobile phones
 US man in $800m suit - says phone caused cancer
 Cellphone researcher's call: Be cautious
 Latest report on cellular base station antenna radiation
 UK Study Finds No Raised Danger From Mobile Phone Masts
Moulder et al: Cell Phones and Cancer: A Connection?
Health Focus
:: GSM Phones A-Z SAR Levels
 :: Top 10 SAR GSM Phones
:: Lowest 10 SAR GSM Phones
:: US-Phones (Analogue+Digital) SAR Levels
 :: SAR Levels with Handsfree Kits
 :: Radiation Levels of Mobile Base Stations
:: Mobile Manufacturers Forum - MMF (SAR Database)
:: Base station: Health and Safety Brochure (PDF - 490 KB)
 
In some countries, public authorities or the operators themselves have established public databases that provide information regarding the location of base stations within the local community. We will update this information as more public databases become available online.
Recent Academic Papers On Mobile Phones and Radiation Issues:
 Mobile Phone Exposure Causes Brain Damage in Rats - originally from online peer reviewed health journal
Nerve Cell Damage in Mammalian Brain after Exposure to Microwaves from GSM Mobile Phones
Commentary: Cellular Telephones and Brain Cancer: Current Research
Prevalence of Headache among Handheld Cellular Telephone Users in Singapore: A Community Study
Mobile Telephone Health Concerns Registry (MTHCR)
Current Mobile Phone Health News with more links
A CBS 2 Special Assignment: Dialing Up Danger - A CBS 2 Special Assignment
George Carlo's health registry opens amid criticism
Viewpoint - TNO Report on GSM and UMTS exposures - October 2003 (PDF)
Mobile Phones and Base Stations: Health Policy Update -September 2003 - (PDF)
Health and Safety Fact Sheets - 3G, Bluetooth, TETRA, GSM Pro etc - September 2003
Viewpoint - Mobile Phones and Petrol Station Safety - September 2003 (PDF)
Mobile Phones and Base Stations: Health Policy Update - April 2003 - (PDF)
Flash presentation on 'How Networks Operate' - April 2003 (Requires Flash Player)
Viewpoint - Paris Charter - March 2003 (PDF)
 MMF sponsored Seminar: "Mechanisms for Interactions of RF Energy with Biological Systems".