Hi All,

This is an important article I read in today's paper which identifies a link between Mobile Phone usage & increased chances of Brain Cancer - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/03/31/1206850768836.html

I have summarised the main points made by the Australian neuro surgeon below:

Dr Vini Khurana (specialist neurosurgeon at Canberra Hospital & Associate professor of neurosurgery at ANU), who conducted a 15-month "critical review" of the link between mobile phones and malignant brain tumours, said using mobiles for more than 10 years could more than double the risk of brain cancer.

He has called for "immediate and decisive steps" by industry and governments to reduce people's exposure to invisible electromagnetic radiation emitted by handsets .

He said mobile phone radiation could heat the side of the head or potentially thermoelectrically interact with the brain, while Bluetooth devices and "unshielded" headsets could "convert the user's head into an effective, potentially self-harming antenna".

Dr Khurana, who since 1994 has received 14 awards, said the time between the commencement of regular mobile phone usage to the diagnosis of a malignant solid brain tumour might be in the order of 10-20 years.

I request all of you to pass this information to your near & dear ones.

Some of the things you can do to reduce your chance of getting affected:

1. Whenever possible use your landline phone instead of the Mobile phone

2. Keep your conversations on the mobile phone short.

3. Please make sure that children are not allowed to use the cell/mobile phone as they are the ones who face the highest risk.

4. Use SMS messages instead of using the mobile phone (by the way now days you can send SMS messages directly from your computer so invest in a SMS messaging program) -check out www.BestSMSdeals.com.au

For further information here is a link to another blog that I found which addressed the same topic:
http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives//017763.html

Cheers
The Phone Expert