mobile phones: 1/13 of 13
Risks of mobile phones to children are being 'downplayed'
Vicky Fobel, MobileWise
14th November, 2011
Industry repeats the mantra 'children should be discouraged from using mobiles excessively' while doing nothing to ensure it happens, says Vicky Fobel from the campaign group MobileWise more...
Wired but tired: is modern life draining your energy?
Samantha Swift
1st July, 2011
Could ‘electrical pollution’ and EMFs have consequences for your health? Samantha Swift reports more...
Do mobile phones really cause cancer?
Eifion Rees
7th June, 2011
Consumers have been left confused by the latest study on the links between mobile phone use and brain cancer. Eifion Rees reports on the struggle to find answers more...
The Story of Stuff: Electronics
Tom Levitt
10th November, 2010
The latest film from the 'Story of Stuff' team focuses on consumer electronics and the problems of waste, recycling and toxic components more...
Uncertainity over mobile phone and brain cancer links
Ecologist
18th May, 2010
Largest study to date finds increased tumour risk for heavy mobile phone users but says 'biases and errors' make use of these findings impossible more...
Mobile phone metals fuelling Congo war
Ecologist
17th February, 2010
Technology companies should be honest with customers about the origin of the metals in their products, says NGO Global Witness more...
French want to ban mobile phones in schools
Ecologist
13th October, 2009
Mobile phones could soon be banned in junior schools in France, under plans put forward by French senators more...
Mobile phone safe radiation guide published
Ecologist
16th September, 2009
US agency publishes radiation ranking for top brands including Motorola, Blackberry and Apple iPhone more...
Mobile phones and health: what do we know?
Yanar Alkayat
21st July, 2009
In a matter of months, an Irish mobile network will launch 'Firefly' - the mobile phone for kids. With even official Government advice against such a move, Yanar Alkayat takes a timely look at what we know for certain about mobile phones and health more...
Government response to school WiFi petition panned
Ecologist
8th July, 2009
In response to a petition calling on wireless technology to be removed from schools, the Government has pronounced itself happy with WiFi safety guidelines its critics have labelled 'dangerously out of date' more...
Mobile phone study covered up
News
18th April, 2007
A study which directly linked the radiation from mobile phone transmitter masts with an increased risk of developing cancer was covered up by operator T-Mobile, a scientist has claimed. more...
Mobile phones could lead to bee decline
News
16th April, 2007
Radiation from mobile phones might be contributing to the world-wide loss of bee colonies, a new study has shown. more...
mobile phones: 1/13 of 13
Electric Cabaret
Michael Bugeja
1st January, 2007
Most of us have a party in our pockets – those digital devices that promised a global village. We found that village, all right, and it is peopled with idiots. Plugged into iPods, chatting into palms, we are lost in techno-torpor enveloping us 24/7 from any locale. more...Members
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