NEW PROOF MOBILES MAKE
YOU LOSE YOUR MEMORY
New evidence has emerged that mobile phones damage
long-term memory.=20
It follows Sunday Mirror revelations that British Telecom
is being sued by an ex-employee who claims using the phones
has made him senile at 38.=20
One of America's leading experts on mobile phones -- Dr
Henry Lai of the University of Washington -- conducted
tests on 100 rats in a =A370,000 project into the possible
effects of mobile phones. =20
He filled a large tank with water and taught all the rats
to swim to a platform in the middle for safety.=20
The "lesson" was repeated six times to make sure it was
stored in the rats' long-term memory.=20
Half the rats were then exposed to microwave radiation
similar to that emitted by mobile phones.=20
And while the "normal" rats later found the platform with
no problem the "exposed" rats had forgotten where it was.=20
Dr Lai said from America last night: "The long-term memory
of virtually all the 'exposed' rats appeared to have been
affected." =20
Previous studies have already linked mobile phones with
short-term memory loss and confusion.=20
But Dr Lai's findings -- which will shortly be published in
a US medical journal -- are the first to cast doubts on
long-term memory.=20
He said: "It is a completely different thing. =20
"Short-term memory loss is just being unable to remember
something which you have just done or glanced at. =20
"Long-term memory is something which has been learned or
recalled and stored in the brain.=20
"The data from this latest study is certainly a cause for
concern." =20
The Sunday Mirror revealed in April that former BT engineer
Steve Corney was taking the company to court claiming he
now suffers premature dementia.=20
He said: "Five years ago seems like last week to me
because I can't remember what's gone on in the meantime."=20
BT deny the claim.=20
Meanwhile, the House of Commons Science and Technology
Committee has demanded the Government put extra cash into
mobile phone research after finding only =A360,000 was spent
last year.=20
The Department of Trade and Industry is expected to
announce its response in the next few weeks.=20
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