Mobile Phones

Follow the links below to find information on health and safety issues for using mobile phones.

Reviewed September 2009

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Title:   Mobile phones
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   It wasn't too long ago that mobile phones were rare. Now it seems most people carry one. Mobiles keep people connected, provide entertainment, and can be used for keeping organised and saving money. However, mobiles can also create big debt problems.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Mobile telephones and health effects
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   There is no clear evidence in the existing scientific literature that the use of mobile telephones poses a long-term public health hazard.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Prediction methodologies for radiated electromagnetic energy (EME) exposure levels from mobile phone base station antennas
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Radiated fields from cellular telephone base stations must comply with safety limits imposed by the Australian Communications Authority. In many cases this includes the preparation of an ARPANSA Environmental EME Report.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Mobile phones
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Mobile phones (cell phones) are a fantastic way to keep in touch with friends and family. They have so many features nowadays that you could be constantly updating and learning how to 'fly' your new phone.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Mobile phones and your health
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   International research has found no conclusive evidence that mobile phones are damaging to health in the short or long term, including any link to cancer. However there are still unanswered questions regarding their safety. Using a mobile phone while driving significantly increases the risk of traffic accidents.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   ARPANSA - Mobile telephones scientific background
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   There is no clear evidence in the existing scientific literature that the use of mobile telephones poses a long-term public health hazard.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   ARPANSA - Levels of radiofrequency radiation from GSM mobile telephone base stations
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This report presents field survey measurements data and provides information on the levels of RF radiation to which members of the public may be exposed from phone base stations (transmitter towers).
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   ARPANSA - Are mobile telephone communication antennas a health hazard?
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   No adverse health effects are expected from continuous exposure to the radio-frequency radiation emitted by the antennas on mobile telephone base station towers.
Date:   Jun 2007
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