The study, based on questioning the mothers of over 13,000 children born in the late 1990s, found that…

“… mothers who did use the handsets were 54 per cent more likely to have children with behavioural problems and that the likelihood increased with the amount of potential exposure to the radiation. And when the children also later used the phones they were, overall, 80 per cent more likely to suffer from difficulties with behaviour. They were 25 per cent more at risk from emotional problems, 34 per cent more likely to suffer from difficulties relating to their peers, 35 per cent more likely to be hyperactive, and 49 per cent more prone to problems with conduct.”

These results were unexpected and took the scientists by surprise.  Three and a half years ago, UCLA’s Professor Leeka Kheifets, one of the lead scientists on this study, had written that studies “…to date give no consistent evidence of a causal relationship between exposure to radiofrequency fields and any adverse health effect”.

But the authors of this study acknowledge many other variables – diet, smoking, family mental history – at play that could just as easily suggest reasons for the children’s behavioral problems.

They also acknowledge that there is a strong possibility that the children’s behavioral problems  have less to do with the radio frequency fields and more to do with the fact that mothers who are constantly on the cell phone pay less attention to their children, causing them to ‘act out’.

But while the fndings from this new study are not conclusive, it has brought into focus yet again the question “are cell phones hazardous to our health”?

Further reading:

Do Cell Phones Harm Unborn Babies?

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