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COPYRIGHT 2004 Crain Communications, Inc.
Byline: JEFFREY SILVA
The wireless industry last week dismissed a new study it helped fund that found long-term mobile-phone use can increase the risk of a benign tumor known as acoustic neuroma, research that comes as wireless health litigation shows signs of being resuscitated in the courts.
The study, coordinated by the World Health Organization as part of the 13-nation Interphone research program, urged caution in interpreting the finding of increased risk of acoustic neuroma on the side of the head where the handset is placed for individuals with 10 or more years of cell-phone use.
Indeed, scientists at the Institute of Environmental Medicine in Stockholm said follow-up research is needed before it can be determined whether mobile phones pose a health danger to consumers.
The study caught like wildfire, with news outlets around the world running with the story following last Wednesday's press conference in Stockholm. The mobile-phone industry-despite having triumphed...
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