The harmful effects of mobile phones has been in question for years and this article, published in the Times Online in 2005, speaks no different of the potentially fatal effects.
The report advises parents to not allow there children to use mobile phones if they are under the age of eight. Heavy use of mobiles led to the developement of ear and brain tumors, a Swedish study suggests and a Dutch study indicates changes in cognitave behaviour. The article discusses a call for bans of mobile phones in schools and for the devices to carry health warnings. However the studies presented in this article had to still be replicated and properly proven when it was written.
This talk of health risks has lead to outrage between mobile phone manufacturing companies as there is a lack of hard evidence, however one British maunfacturer has suspended a model aimed at young children.
The article is not the first of its kind; there have been many reports of cell damage and huge links to cancer. I think it is an important article which gives parents a lot to think about. While mobile phones are extremely handy for parents in knowing where there children are, over use of this technology may result in harmful effects on the health of children who are so young and still developing.
(http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article411329.ece)
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