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Jump to full article: Melbourne (Vic) Herald Sun (au), 2008-03-31
Author: staff writers
Intro: MOBILE phones will overtake asbestos and smoking as a leading public health danger, a top neurosurgeon says.
Research by Canberra Hospital's Vini Khurana found that in the next four years, the full impact of brain tumours caused by mobile phones would be revealed.
Dr Khurana's report, Mobile Phones and Brain Tumours - A Public Health Concern, has sparked debate in the UK and the US.
"It is anticipated that this danger has far broader public health ramifications than asbestos and smoking, and directly concerns all of us, particularly the younger generation," Dr Khurana said in a research paper.
In the paper published on his website, Dr Khurana said industry and governments needed to take immediate steps to reduce the impact of mobile phone radiation.
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