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  • Telstra ignores mobile phone safety studies

    Telstra will not support laws banning the use of mobile phone hands-free kits in vehicles, ignoring concerns of safety advocates who point to research showing they don't provide a safe alternative to holding a phone while driving.

  • Study links mobile emissions to tumours

    New research by Finland's Helsinki-based Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority appears to support long-held claims that mobile phone radiation may promote tumour growth

  • Two-piece mobile phone cuts radiation

    A Hong Kong-based company is planning to release a mobile phone that could put radio frequency farther from the user.

  • GM says hands-free talk won't hurt

    One in 4 million: Those are the odds of getting into a car crash while using a hands-free mobile phone while driving, according to General Motors.

  • Mobile phone radiation: safer than getting a tan?

    Even as consumers scramble for hands-free kits or radiation absorbing earpieces, a leading health authority said that "there is no need for any special precaution (when using) mobile phones".

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