| Cell Phones Linked
to Brain Tumors — Researchers from Sweden’s
Institute of Environmental Medicine published the results
of a study October 13 showing that a person who uses a cell
phone for at least ten years has an increased risk of developing
a brain tumor on the side of the head where the phone was
usually held. 
(NYCOSH Update on Safety and Health, October 18, 2004)
In-Vehicle Cell Phones: Fatal Distraction?
— Debate in the popular press regarding the issue of
cell phone use on American roadways is extremely prevalent,
highly vituperative and often devoid of hard data. Editorials
are rife with emotional personal accounts of tragedies or
near-tragedies, but suspiciously empty of facts regarding
the issues involved or experimental evidence sup-porting the
positions espoused.
(American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Safety
Journal, March 2002)
The Distracted Driver:
How Dangerous is Multitasking? — A serious heath problem is developing due
to automobile collisions caused by distracted drivers. This is
the result of the rapid proliferation of portable cell phones
and personal organizers used while driving (inattention to roadway
conditions), the development of more-sophisticated entertainment
systems and instrument panel con-trols (less vigilance), the
advent of navigation and television displays in vehicles (eyes
off the road), and promises of sophisticated wireless e-mail,
fax and Internet services in the vehicle (addition of complex
activities). (American Society of Safety
Engineers Professional Safety Journal, March 2002)
Nine
Romanian Workers Exposed to High Radiation — Nine workers have been exposed
to serious levels of radiation while dismantling a smelting plant
in western Romania, officials said December 12. The men have
been in hospital since June, but the incident has been kept secret
while police investigate, the National Commission for the Control
of Nuclear Activities (CNCAN) said. (Reuters, December 13, 2001)
Risks
of Low-Level Radiation Higher Than Thought —
Sources of low levels of radiation - such as radioactive radon
gas seeping into houses - might cause more genetic damage and
cancer than anyone realised, say a team of U.S. researchers.
"The effects of radiation are very complex," concludes
Hongning Zhou of Columbia University in New York, a member of
the team. "We should reconsider the risks of low levels."
(NewScientist.com, December 4, 2001)
Chief cell phone researcher blows the whistle on
how the industry has ignored the results of industry-funded research (NYCOSH Update, October 27, 1999)
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