Radiation from cellphone aerials are absorbed by the user's head and you do more damage the longer you spend on the phone. That damage accumulates over time and usually manifests itself suddenly. Chipps claims symptoms of prolonged use of cellphones can include memory loss, cancer, blurred vision, blisters, headaches, brain tumours and tiredness. If allegations of harmful radiation are proved to be true, cellphone manufacturers and network operators could be in for a flood of litigation. There are around 200-million cellphones in use worldwide, and it could more than double in the next couple of years.
Legislation calling for compulsory health-warning labels is likely in South Africa.