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What A Cell Phone Can Do
To A Child's Brain In
Just Two Minutes
The Mirror -
London
12-26-1
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 Depa! rtment of Health spokesman said: "In children mobile
phone use should be restricted to very short periods of time."
http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/shtml/NEWS/P15S3.shtml
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