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Article: Are you playing Russian roulette with your mobile?; Every call raises the risk of causing a killer cancer.(Features)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- November 11, 1998
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THE ad man says it is good to talk - but critics of mobile phones say every time we do, we are putting a loaded gun to our head.
So far, medical opinion is divided on the health row. You either "take the call", or play a deadly game of Russian roulette.
But increasing numbers of scientific studies are pointing out the dangers of using a mobile phone.
Scientist Roger Coghill, who runs an independent laboratory in Wales, is in court this week to demand that phone manufacturers put a cigarette- style government health warning on their devices. The ...