02-10-2003 07:51									#1
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/974005.asp?cp1=1

quote: THE STUDY, the first of its kind, compared the impact of radiation from base stations used for the current mobile telephone network with that of base stations for new third generation (3G) networks for fast data transfer, which will enable services such as video conferencing on a mobile device. A base station, which usually covers a “cell” area of several square miles, transmits signals to mobile phones with an electromagnetic field. “If the test group was exposed to third generation base station signals there was a significant impact. ... They felt tingling sensations, got headaches and felt nauseous,” a spokeswoman for the Dutch Economics Ministry said. There was no negative impact from signals for current mobile networks. However, cognitive functions such as memory and response times were boosted by both 3G signals and the current signals, the study found. It said people became more alert when they were exposed to both. Government ministers responsible for Economic Affairs, Health and Telecommunications said follow-up research was needed to confirm the findings as well as to look at any longer-term health effects and biological causes. They will also discuss the study with the European Commission, the spokeswoman said. DOUBLE-BLIND TESTS The double-blind laboratory tests — meaning no one in the survey knew if a 3G-like base station was actually transmitting signals — exposed test subjects to expected levels of average radiation for 3G networks when they become commercial. The GSM Association, a global organization of mobile telecommunications operators, said it was studying the report and could not comment. The study, conducted by the Dutch technological research institute TNO, was the first to look for an impact of mobile telephones on well-being. It was also the first study to find a statistically significant negative impact from 3G base stations. Previous research on a negative health impact of mobile phones, mostly second-generation, has been inconclusive. Existing research gives no scientific evidence that second-generation phones cause brain tumors, while a long-term study by the International Agency on Research on Cancer is not expected to yield results before 2004. Previous research did find an impact on cognitive functions, which was also found in the Dutch survey. But TNO noted that earlier studies always measured the impact of cellphones held close to the head, causing high fields of radiation close to the ear and warming of the brain. TNO’s study used a lower dose of radiation to mimic base station signals rather than handsets. Handsets emit stronger radiation when they are used, while base stations transmit more constant levels of radio signals, exposing everyone within range.

	02-10-2003 08:11									#2
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	02-10-2003 08:15									#3
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It's reasonable to expect that, with all the airwaves you pump into our heads, at least a small group of them must cause a level of interference.

This group is the group that you ban.

	02-10-2003 08:20									#4
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quote: However, cognitive functions such as memory and response times were boosted by both 3G signals and the current signals, the study found. It said people became more alert when they were exposed to both.

Cool! I'm going to start wearing two mobiles strapped to my skull like headphones.

	02-10-2003 08:22									#5
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I hope you like early senility, mindseye

(I've proposed this solution to the drug problem as well--but if we just told everyone cell phones caused impotence, bam, cell use collapses. No more ****heads talking in a theatre, and no more crashes from talking on the road. )

	02-10-2003 08:26									#6
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3G handsets need much more bandwidth, so I am not surprised that they have significant effects on the users.

	02-10-2003 08:40									#7
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quote: I hope you like early senility, mindseye

I might be senile, but I'll have fantastic memory and response times!

	09-10-2003 21:33									#8
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Forget about the radiation. This is a much more immediate danger from cell phones.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/...reut/index.html

	09-10-2003 21:57									#10
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didn't drake wonder why the east asians are so psychotic?

and don't the rest of us know that the finns are just downright odd?

and does the fact that skorea, japan, and finland have some of the highest cellular penetration rates, with skorea and japan leading with 3g, have anything to do with it?

	09-10-2003 22:08									#11
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YIKES!

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