Fwd: Mobile Phones disturb brainwaves of children lasting for hours after

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Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:05:25 EDT

Mobile Phones disturb brainwaves of children lasting for hours after

 

 

U.K. Sunday Mirror, Thursday 27th December 2001

 

http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/shtml/NEWS/P15S3.shtml

 

Scientists have discovered that a call lasting just two

minutes can alter the natural electrical activity of a

child's brain for up to an hour afterwards.

 

 

THE CHILD SCRAMBLER

 

What a mobile can do to a youngster's brain in 2 mins

 

THESE are the first images that show the shocking effect that

using a mobile phone has on a child's brain.

 

Scientists have discovered that a call lasting just two minutes

can alter the natural electrical activity of a child's brain for

up to an hour afterwards.

 

And they also found for the first time how radio waves from

mobile phones penetrate deep into the brain and not just around

the ear.

 

The study by Spanish scientists has prompted leading medical

experts to question whether it is safe for children to use mobile

phones at all.

 

Doctors fear that disturbed brain activity in children could lead

to psychiatric and behavioural problems or impair learning

ability.

 

It was the first time that human guinea pigs were used to measure

the effects of mobile phone radiation on children. The tests

were carried out on an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl

called Jennifer.

 

Using a CATEEN scanner, linked to a machine measuring brain wave

activity, researchers were able to create the images above.

 

The yellow coloured part of the scan on the right shows how

radiation spreads through the centre of the brain and out to the

ear on the other side of the skull. The scans found that

disturbed brain wave activity lasted for up to an hour after the

phone call ended.

 

Dr Gerald Hyland -- a Government adviser on mobiles -- says he

finds the results " extremely disturbing " .

 

" It makes one wonder whether children, whose brains are still

developing, should be using mobile phones, " he adds.

 

" The results show that children's brains are affected for long

periods even after very short-term use.

 

" Their brain wave patterns are abnormal and stay like that for a

long period.

 

" This could affect their mood and ability to learn in the

classroom if they have been using a phone during break time, for

instance.

 

" We don't know all the answers yet, but the alteration in brain

waves could lead to things like a lack of concentration, memory

loss, inability to learn and aggressive behaviour. "

 

Previously it had been thought that interference with brain waves

and brain chemistry stopped when a call ended.

 

The results of the study by the Spanish Neuro Diagnostic Research

Institute in Marbella coincide with a new survey that shows 87

per cent of 11- to 16-year-olds own mobile phones and 40 per cent

of them spend 15 minutes or more talking each day on them. And

disturbingly, 70 per cent said they would not change the use of

their phone even if advised to by the Government.

 

Dr Hyland plans to publish the latest findings in medical journal

The Lancet next year.

 

He said: " This information shows there really isn't a safe

amount of mobile phone use. We don't know what lasting damage is

being done by this exposure.

 

" If I were a parent I would now be extremely wary about allowing

my children to use a mobile even for a very short period. My

advice would be to avoid mobiles. "

 

Dr Michael Klieeisen, who conducted the study, said: " We were

able to see in minute detail what was going on in the brain.

 

" We never expected to see this continuing activity in the brain.

 

" We are worried that delicate balances that exist -- such as the

immunity to infection and disease -- could be altered by

interference with chemical balances in the brain. "

 

A Department of Health spokesman said: " In children mobile phone

use should be restricted to very short periods of time. "

 

 

 

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