Using a CATEEN scanner, Dr. Michael Klieeisen and colleagues
at the Spanish Neuro Diagnostic Research Institute in Marbella
produced the first images showing:
- how radiowaves from mobile phones penetrate
deep into the brain, not just around the ear
- that a mobile phone call lasting just two
minutes (Ed.- often recommended as pretty safe, at least for
adults) can alter the natural electrical activity of a child’s
brain for up to fifty minutes
Previously it was thought that any interference of brain chemistry
and brain waves stopped when the call stopped.
Michael was concerned that regular exposure to mobile phone radiation
might damage children’s immune systems, and could cause
psychiatric problems, aggressive behaviour, lack of concentration
and memory loss, all of which reduce the ability to learn. He
also feared that using mobiles during break times might disrupt
behaviour in the classes which follow.
Dr. Gerald Hyland, a UK Government adviser on mobiles, found
the results “extremely disturbing”: “It makes
one wonder whether children, whose brains are still developing,
should be using mobile phones,” he stated. “(It) could
lead to things like aggressive behaviour, lack of concentration
and memory loss, affecting their learning ability in the classroom
if they have been using a phone during break time, for instance.”
Editorial
This was not a formally published study.
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