DAILY MAIL
May 10, 1999

Mobile phone chip ‘cuts the risk from radiation’


AN ELECTRONIC chip which could shield mobile phone users from potentially dangerous radiation is to go on sale soon.

Scientists say the thumb-sized device, known as the EMF chip, cam be attached to phone batteries.

Professor Theodore Litovitz, part of the team behind the invention, said: ‘It is such a simple solution. Having the chip inside the battery does not alter signal quality either.’

The professor, from the Catholic University of America in Washington, is convinced that mobile phone radiation affects users.

He said: ‘Human cells respond to their environment. We are certain there are biological reactions to using mobile phones. Eliminate the biological effect and you take away the health risks.’

The new chip is expected to be launched later this year. Users will have to buy new batteries fitted with the chip but not new phones.

However, the National Radiological Protection Board, which monitors Britain’s £5billion mobile phone industry, believes the EMF chip is unnecessary. A spokesman said: ‘There is still no conclusive evidence of serious health risks from mobiles.’

Last month the Government announced an independent working group to consider the latest research into the potential dangers of mobile phones which are used by 13 million Britons.

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