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Mobile phone radiation and health concerns have been raised, especially following the enormous increase in the use of wireless mobile telephony throughout the world (as of August 2005, there were more than 2 billion users worldwide). This is because mobile phones use electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range. These concerns have induced a large body of research (both epidemiological and experimental, in non-human animals as well as in humans). Concerns about effects on health have also been raised regarding other digital wireless systems, such as data communication networks.
The World Health Organization has concluded, based upon the consensus view of the scientific and medical communities, that serious health effects (e.g. cancer) are very unlikely to be caused by cellular phones or their base stations, and expects to make recommendations about mobile phones in 2007-08.
However, some national radiation advisory authorities, including those of Austria, France, Germany, and Sweden,recommend to their citizens measures to minimize exposure. Examples of the recommendations are:
* Use hands-free to decrease the radiation to the head.
* Keep the mobile phone away from the body.
* Do not telephone in a car without an external antenna.
However, the use of "hands-free" was not recommended by the British Consumers' Association in a statement in November 2000.
A Greenfield-type tower used in base stations for mobile telephony
Contents :
1 Health hazards of handsets
1.1 Thermal effects
1.2 Non-thermal effects
1.2.1 Blood Brain Barrier effects
1.2.2 Electrical sensitivity
1.2.3 Genotoxic effects
1.2.4 Mobile phones and cancer
1.2.5 Sleep and EEG effects
2 Health hazards of base stations
3 Occupational health hazards
4 Safety standards and licensing
5 Lawsuits
6 Precautionary principle
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
9.1 Independent Organisations
9.2 Government
9.3 Industry
9.4 Web news aggregators
