Professor Edward Tuddenham, a haematologist at the Imperial College Medical School based in Hammersmith Hospital, West London, said the findings were worrying and he wanted to see the study followed up. However, the Cambridge based consumer group Powerwatch said with evidence of the risks growing the Government needed to do more. We are still very much investigating the biological consequences of mobile phones. Last month, scientists at Sweden Lund University found that two minutes of exposure to emissions from mobile phones can disable a safety barrier in the blood causing proteins and toxins to leak into the brain. This can cause the chances of developing diseases such as Alzeimer's, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's.
Symptoms reported by mobile phone users include fatigue, dizzy spells and memory loss.
Nearly two in three complain of regularly getting headaches from using their phone, although this may be because of bad posture rather than radiation emissions. Researchers at the University of Surrey say bad posture, particularly holding the phone between the shoulder and cheek to leave the hands free, can cause strain injury and spinal damage. The Federation of the Electronics Industry yesterday repeated its claim that there was no conclusive proof that the phones were a health hazard. A spokesman said mobiles operated within strict guidelines on radiation emissions.