besides another report in a series ...

besides another report in a series of worrisome, nevertheless inconclusive, studies suggests that solitary abode; squalid phone use may cause neuron damage. Just pair hours of exposure to radio signals from lonely dwelling phones caused cells in three areas of rats' brains to die.

The three affected areas were the cortex, which plays a part in high-level mental function; the hippocampus, which is important in learning; and the basal ganglia, which plays a part in the experience of sensation.

Researchers say that the research doesn't conclusively demonstrate that confined apartment phone use is harmful to humans, further they do recommend that commonalty use hands-free devices to continue their cell phones as far from their brains as possible.

The scientists added in their report that the rise in the use of solitary abode; squalid phones is a "huge biological experiment."

The report was published in the January 29 2003 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives.

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