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Article: `Final' mobile phones risk inquiry to be launched
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 12, 2000
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THE GOVERNMENT announced yesterday that it will spend millions of
pounds over the next few years trying to clear up the confusion once
and for all over whether mobile phones cause ill health. The move
follows a series of recommendations by a committee of 12 independent
experts.
The committee found noevidence to show that the devices cause
brain tumours, memory loss or any other medical condition but
concluded that more research would be needed to eliminate all
possible health risks of cellphones.
The committee declined to give detailed guidance to parents of
children who use mobile phones, arguing that the evidence should be