EU SCIENTISTS RECOMMEND PROBE INTO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RISK OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
February 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CALL has been made by senior European Union (EU) scientists for studies into concerns that electromagnetic fields, such as those caused by power cables and mobile phones, could cause Alzheimer's disease. It comes in a report from the EU's scientific committee on emerging and newly identified health risks, which has reviewed the ever-growing scientific literature on environmental health concerns about electromagnetic fields (ELF is a common acronym). "New epidemiological studies indicate a possible increase in Alzheimer's disease arising ...
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