Recent studies suggest that the radiation of mobile phones could pose a health hazard have prompted some experts to British advise parents not to give phones to children. A report
published on 11 January 2005 by the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), a government agency of the United Kingdom, calls for a "precautionary approach" to mobile phone use. The study acknowledges that there is no clear evidence that mobile phone radiation is harmful, but warns that - in the same way - not even this possibility can not be ruled out.
"I do not think we can get our hands on fire and say that mobile phones are perfectly safe," said Sir William Stewart, chairman of the NRPB, during a press conference in London. The report of the institution endorses the concerns raised for the first time in an influential study on the effects of mobile phones on health, published in 2000 by the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones, established by the United Kingdom and led in turn by William Stewart. However, the new report adds that other scientific studies published since 2000, providing further evidence that radiation from mobile phones can be harmful. A European study published in December 2004 indicated that the radiation can damage DNA, while a Swedish study in April 2004 showed a correlation between cell phone use and cancer of the auditory nerve. A Dutch study in October 2003, finally, the phones associated with a reduction of brain function.
December 15 2005 Source sciences
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