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Mobile telephone masts 'do not cause illness'

Study finds no evidence of symptoms from electromagnetic waves.

There is no evidence that short-term exposure to signals from mobile telephone masts causes illness, say British researchers who have carried out a trial involving dozens of people who claim to be sensitive to the signals.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on July 25, 2007
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Well no actually this industry funded biased report says that they think that no harm is caused after subjecting the studies participants to 20 minutes phone mast electro magnetic radiation. This is equivalent to saying smoking cigarettes for 20 minutes does no cause cancer. The public are bombarded with harmful phone mast microwave radiation 24/7, 365 days a year. The media are completely wrong to suggest no harm especially when when 20% of the participants became too ill from the radiation emissions so were excluded from the study.

The serious threat to health of the people living in the vicinity of these masts cannot be underestimated. Over 1000 independent studies, linking phone masts electro magnetic radiation with serious ill health including cancer, confirm that masts should not be sited within 350 metres of schools or housing. Phone operators dismiss such research, alleging that their own studies suggests no health risk. However last month the national press revealed that T-Mobile covered up the damaging results of their own research. The Ecolog Institute, a research organisation which examines the health effects of mobile phones, was commissioned by T-Mobile to investigate the possible health risks of mobile phone masts. The 2003 Ecolog report confirmed:

'Given the results of the present epidemiological studies, it can be concluded that electromagnetic fields with frequencies in the mobile telecommunications range do play a role in the development of cancer. This is particularly notable for tumours of the central nervous system.'

The recent Panorama programme on the dangers of Phone Mast/WiFi technology also confirmed that even Sir William Stewart, the Government’s own Chief Scientific Adviser and Chairman of the Health Protection Agency, doesn’t think this technology is safe.

Posted by: J Elliott | July 26, 2007 03:46 PM

I agree with J Elliot.

Another very interesting article talking about how industry has repeatedly tried to stop research related to effects of EM Radiation can be found here:

http://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/march05/wakeupcall01.html

Posted by: Prashant Shah | July 26, 2007 06:41 PM

I m not agree with the authors opinion. I think the mobile wire makes illness in brain.

Posted by: Brian | July 31, 2007 10:09 PM

I think they should follow up the people in the control group who detected the transmitter. If there is an effect that only a few people are able to detect then that ability should be investigated.

Further, being unable to detect an electromagnetic transmission does not mean it is harmless. We cannot feel an X-Ray and yet over-exposure would be harmful. As this experiment is presented the conclusions drawn seem flawed.

Posted by: andrea gradidge | August 3, 2007 05:26 AM

I used to think that Nature was a prestigious medical magazine. But I am very disappointed, not only this time, but by the general lack of information about this crucial subject concerning everybody, not only the users. There was no trying time before we got this electrosmog on us, and now that it is there, when people say they become sick with it, oh no, it is psychological. And how many people who get strange illness or die suddenly, when they were young and in good health. ? Too strange indeed ! But Nature journalists do like there is nothing going on !!!

Posted by: Jenaer Eric | August 6, 2007 03:06 PM

For example : on august 1st the federal german agency warned about a possible danger of the wi-fi on the health. But I didn't find any comment about this important announcement on the Nature website.
http://www.pressetext.de/pte.mc?pte=070801025

Posted by: Jenaer Eric | August 6, 2007 03:22 PM

No small amount of research has been done worldwide on the effects of long wave, non-ionizing microwave radiation on health. The conclusions seem pretty clear: there are no measurable health effects, even after a long-term exposure. Cell phone use, however, hand-held or hands-free, has been definitively shown to contribute to less driver attention and greater accident risk. Let's put our attention on real health concerns that we can do something about.

Posted by: Tom Fahsbender | August 7, 2007 10:10 PM

We Are Doing This For A School Project & We Are Not Sure How We Feel On This Subject At This Present Moment As Their Is Insufficent Evidence..=)

Posted by: Kirsty & Toni | September 10, 2007 12:44 PM

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