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Tue. January 27, 2009; Posted: 10:36 PM

SEOUL, Jan 28, 2009 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- LGEPF

The Canadian subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc. (KSE:06657), the world's fifth-largest handset maker, said Wednesday it is recalling an undisclosed number of cellphones sold in Canada over health concerns.

LG Electronics Canada said on its Web site that it had agreed to a Canadian government-advised recall for the LG 150 mobile phone after it was found to emit electromagnetic radiation higher than a permissible level.

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Company recalls LG 150 cellphones

Letter to the Editor,

The article, "Company recalls LG 150 cellphones", by Chris Sorensen
(Toronto Star, January 28, 2009) [ http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/578317 ] clearly indicates that Health Canada is no longer in the business of protecting the health of Canadians. The "voluntary" recall by LG Canada was a responsible reaction to their cell phones exceeding federal guidelines for microwave emissions. The statement by Health Canada, namely that "the past and present use of the LG 150 should not pose immediate or long-term health concerns" is clearly irresponsible. This statement comes in sharp contrast to the warnings from other countries to restrict cell phone use, especially by children, and in sharp contrast to a growing number of countries reducing their maximum exposure limits based on scientific studies showing an increased risk of tumors after 10 years of moderate to high cell phone use. Why do we have these guidelines if they are not enforced? Why do other countries have guidelines that are much lower than those in Canada? Why is Health Canada more concerned about protecting the health of the cell phone industry than it is about protecting the health of Canadians? At what stage should the name of Health Canada be changed to reflect what it is truly doing . . . protecting the interests of big business?


-Dr. Magda Havas
Associate Professor
Trent University, Peterborough, ON


Informant: Martin Weatherall



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HealthDay

By Kevin McKeever

Monday, January 26, 2009

HealthDay news imageMONDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Talking on a cell phone while crossing a street can be disastrous for children,a University of Alabama at Birmingham study shows.

The research, first presented in April at the National Conference on Child Health Psychology, is being published in the February issue of the Pediatrics. It found that 10- and 11-year-olds were less attentive to traffic and were involved in more collisions and near misses with traffic when using a cell phone to talk to a research assistant in interactive, simulated road crossings.

"The children who were on the cell phone and were distracted during their crossing were significantly more likely to get hit by a car in the virtual environment," study author Katherine Byington, a doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said at the time of the April presentation. "They were getting hit or almost getting hit at least [once], while the kids that weren't on the cell phone didn't get hit."

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By Hugh Ross

Published: 27 January, 2009

THE parents of a little girl born with brain damage have vowed to fight Vodafone's bid to build a phone mast yards from the family home.

Jan Catherall and partner Sarah Flint do not want the 11.4 metre high mast to be constructed because they are worried about the impact it could have on the health of eight-year-old Britney, who has encephalitis, which is inflammation of the brain.

Pressure is now mounting on Vodafone to ditch its plans to build the mast on St Ninian Drive beside Dalneigh Primary School.

The application will be considered by Highland Council's area planning committee on 10th February, but already some parents have said they will withdraw their children from the school if it is given the go ahead.

Members of the community fear the mast, which would be disguised as a telegraph pole, could give off harmful radiation waves and pose an unnecessary health risk.

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- France 5 : "Les antennes de la colère" (vidéo reportage en HD 16/9)
- Next-up organisation : Intro Comprendre l'EHS Repacholi et OMS

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Monday, January 26, 2009, 15:58

THE number of mobile phone transmitters in Plymouth could hit the 200 mark by the end of the year, The Herald has learned.

Phone companies say they are being forced to add to their masts to keep up with the ever-increasing usage of mobiles, as well as a growing demand for new services such as mobile internet and 3G technology.

But some phone mast campaigners in the city are sceptical of the plans, which include rough proposals for more than a dozen sites across Plymouth.

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http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/PHONE-MASTS-SPRING-CITY/article-644605-detail/article.html

Published Date: 26 January 2009

By Sarah Williamson

Councillors have thrown out a planning application from Vodafone to install a 17.5-metre high mast on the outskirts of Hawick.

The mobile phone company had submitted a proposal to build a monopole at the side of the road leading south to the Galalaw roundabout – along with a 3G antennae, transmission dishes, equipment cabins and fencing.

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To the editor:

Looking down the street from my home, I can see the beautiful Trinitarian Church's majestic steeple reaching for the heavens. For me, since I was a child, it's been a beacon of hope, peace and inspiration. I recall going up in the steeple as a teenager and ringing the bells!

Unfortunately, the church's leaders and council have been inspired by less holy thoughts when pondering this historic religious edifice. Instead, they are being tempted by sums of money in exchange for allowing the steeple to house Metro PCS's and Omnipoint's wireless technology. Good for church's finances. Good for Metro PCS. Good for Omnipoint. A very bad gamble for the surrounding neighbors' health, wellness, and property values. It would appear that the church leaders want the church's bell tower to stand for phone relays, not God's love.

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When What You Don’t Know May Hurt You After All
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Rutland and Stamford Mercury - Stamford, England, UK

We do not think that a mobile phone mast should be placed in the middle of a residential area." Blackstones Sports and Social club chairman Eric Marvel ...

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