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Deaths 'not linked' to building
(BBC 30/09/2009)
The deaths of six people who worked in a University of Manchester building at the centre of a contamination probe were "coincidence", a report has found. All six had worked in the Rutherford Building, where scientists carried out experiments on atomic structure at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Scientists probe laptops' Wi-Fi emissions
(Health Protection Agency 15/09/2009)
MEASUREMENTS on radio signals generated by laptop computers using Wi-Fi, have found they are low power and exposures are well within safety guidelines. Scientists at the Health Protection Agency began a research project on wireless local area networks (WLAN) in late 2007. One aspect of public concern over Wi-Fi is its use by children in schools. So as part of its study scientists set up 15 laptop computers commonly used in UK schools and investigated the strength of the radiowaves around them.
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Still no basis for health effects from low level radiowaves, say biologists
(Health Protection Agency 14/09/2009)
Scientists probing concerns about health risks posed by mobile phones and their base stations, have discounted a theory suggesting low power radiowaves interact with living cells. If the research had found evidence that the signal interacted with cells it would have been a major breakthrough in the understanding of how radiowaves, similar to those used by mobile phones, could lead to health effects.
Mobiles and cancer: the plot thickens
(Telegraph 11/09/2009)
Evidence is increasing that radiation from handsets presents a cancer hazard, particularly to children and to those who use their phones for more than a decade. On Monday, some of this data will be presented at a US Senate hearing. Later this month, a long-awaited 13-nation study should be published. The official European Environment Agency (EEA) is sounding a discreet alarm. And the French government is so concerned that it is developing measures to ban the devices from primary schools...
Health effects of radon exposure
(Health Protection Agency 02/06/2009)
Radon - a naturally occurring gas - is the major source of human exposure to ionising radiation in the United Kingdom and is responsible for an estimated 1,100 lung cancer deaths a year; most of which occur in current or ex-smokers. Following an in-depth review of the latest scientific evidence, the HPA's independent expert Advisory Group on Ionising Radiation has recommended that the Agency should place greater emphasis on reducing the UK average indoor radon concentration.
(BBC 21/01/2009)
Some 50 yrs ago thousands of excitable young servicemen landed on a Pacific paradise to oversee Britain's testing of early nuclear bombs. But what happened next damaged them mentally and physically for life, some claim, and now they want to be compensated. Dressed in overalls, white protective gloves and a balaclava, 21-year-old naval cook Dougie Hern was ordered to sit on the beach.
Nuclear test veterans launch case
(BBC 21/01/2009)
Veterans involved in British nuclear tests in the Indian and Pacific oceans are to launch a legal bid against the government at the High Court later. Ex-servicemen want compensation for illnesses they claim are the result of exposure to radiation in the 1950s. MoD lawyers will try to derail their claims before a full hearing, by arguing the tests happened too long ago for any compensation.
France cracks down on children's mobile phone use, but Britain still ignoring warnings
(Daily Mail 11/01/2009)
France has begun a crackdown on children having mobile phones after research linked their use to brain cancer. Campaigners in Britain say the drive contrasts with the stance of the Labour Government, which is accused of ignoring an official report which recommended in 2000 that under-16s should be discouraged from using mobiles. 90% of the UK's 16-year-olds now own a handset.
French government bans advertising of mobiles to children
(The Independent 11/01/2009)
New laws cracking down on children's use of mobile phones are to be introduced in France amid growing fears that they may cause cancer and other diseases. All advertising of the devices to children under 12 is to be prohibited under legislation - announced by the Environment Minister last week - and he'll also take powers to ban the sale of any phone designed to be used by those under 6.
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