Warning bells over children's phone use

Maybe we should ban water consumption as it may possibly be revealed to cause bowel cancel in future scientific studies that show a "possible link" possible link??? Oh cmon there is a "possible link" that man was created rather than evolved so should we start teaching that in schools again?

This argument isnt new.. No-one can really prove anything until our younger generation hit 50 and we start finding their brains riddled with tumours.. Or not.. If you think its worth the risk then give your kids cellphones and unlimited credit and hope you're around to cash in on the lawsuits while your child is dying of brain cancer. If not, and you want to ensure that your child is safe and can get hold of you at any time; Buy them a cellphone, teach them how to use it safely, and tell them its only for emergency use until they're 14-15-16 and can get a part time job to fund the cost of using it regularly. Common sense..

I believe everything I see and read on teh intawebs too.

You, my friend, need a good dose of www.snopes.com

Just search for popcorn and you'll find your answer to what was really an advertising campaign for blue tooth headsets. I NOES!!!!!1

In the '80's it was radiation from power lines, then from computer monitors. No one has ever proved conclusively that radiation from any electromagnetic or electronic device causes death, or any form of long-term harm. If cellphones were really that dangerous, why aren't the cancer wards full of people with cellphone-related problems? In terms of exposure to microwave and other high-frequency radiation - you get far more from your TV set and electric blanket, than you ever will from your cellphone. Is it good for you? Probably not, but many other things like smoking and drinking alcohol do far more damage.

Both my kids 8yr and 11yr have mobiles. If the gvt said they're not allowed, then the gvt should fix the crime status in NZ while they're at it - then I wouldn't be so paranoid when the kids are walking home from school.

What a load of *#@! We get more radiation from space then cell/mobile phones. Without proper/hard evidence it is a shot in the dark.

its a fake video. r u really that gullible???

Here's the link that proves it is a hoax:

http://www.snopes.com/science/cookegg.asp

"The popcorn effect was achieved by dropping already-popped corn into the scene during filming, then using digital editing to remove the kernels form the table"

"I saw a clip recently where 4 cellphones are placed in a small circle with the aerial ends pointed to the centre. In the centre are a few kernels of unpopped corn kernels. When the phones ring simulteneously, the popcorn pops."

This is a fake. Where did you see the clip? Have you checked it out on snopes.com (the best website for verifying things like this)?

I saw the advertisement for Cellguard - very dodgy, when they said it 'prevented the body absorbing radiation'.

Which is, patently, rubbish.

It may, in itself, absorb radation, but would not prevent the body absorbing, and, then, some absorbant material behind the battery wouldn't even act as a shield - since it could only cover one area.