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ENGINEER SUES BT FOR MOBILE PHONE BRAIN DAMAGE
http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/stories/F1403902.html
(Sunday Mirror, London - March 14, 1999)
A FORMER British Telecom engineer is suing
the company, claiming radiation from his
mobile phone gave him brain damage.
In the first case of its kind, Steve
Corney says radiation from the phone -
which he had to use for up to five hours
a day - has left him suffering from
premature dementia.
Father-of-three Mr Corney, 38, worked as
an �36,000-a-year installation engineer
for the telecom giant before he retired
on health grounds last summer.
He said last night: "I used to travel
about 100 miles a day and was issued
with a mobile phone to test the extent
of the network so they could find out
where to put the aerials.
"I was OK using an analogue phone, but
when I used a digital phone things
started to go wrong. I starting having
problems remembering what I had done.
"Five years ago seems like last week to
me because I can't remember what's gone
on in the meantime."
Mr Corney left BT in 1995 on two years'
sick leave and was retired last year. He
claims BT have since shunned him. A
spokeswoman said: "BT has studied every
report on possible risks involved on
mobile phones and the expert agreement
is that there is no basis in these
fears. However, we continue to examine
this issue."
Last week the Sunday Mirror exposed the
heating effects on the brain of using a
mobile phone.
An international four- year study,
Project Cephos, is being carried out in
secrecy by scientists in 13 European
countries.
The project follows research by Dr Kjell
Hansson Mild who last May completed a
study of 16,000 mobile users.
He found fatigue, headaches, burning
sensations and skin complaints were more
common among phone users.
There are about 50 studies into mobile
phone use currently going on worldwide -
but users may have to wait up to 15
years before we know if we're damaging
our brains.
Critics say the electrical effect from
the phone leads to the disturbance of
the cells in the brain.
But Dr Camelia Gabriel, an adviser to
Cenelec, the European standards body on
telecommunications, insists mobile
phones are safe.
He said: "As far as we know, if phones
compile with the guidelines, they are
safe."
On Wednesday, the European Parliament
recognised the "potentially harmful
long-term effects" of exposure to
electromagnetic fields, as generated by
mobile phones.
It voted, almost unanimously, to try to
get laws to limit the exposure of
workers and the public to non- ionising
electromagnetic fields.
The Parliament also recommended that
member states lay down minimum safety
distances from, amongst others, mobile
phone transmitter masts - in essence
creating safe areas.
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