Are mobile phones bad for babies ?

Are mobile phones bad for babies ?

Scientists in America  reported that foetuses regularly exposed to mobile phones in the womb had a 30 per cent greater chance of behavioural difficulties at the age of seven. The findings, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, were based on a study of 28,000 seven-year-olds and their mothers, who were part of the Danish National Birth Cohort study.

The study enrolled 100,000 pregnant women between 1996 and 2002 and monitored their behaviour and their children's health over eight years.

The  report sugests  that  pregnant  women who regularly use mobile phones may be more likely to have children with behavioural problems, particularly if their children start using mobile phones in their first seven years. The researchers from the University of Southern California said the results showed an obvious association between mobile phone exposure and abnormal behaviour in children.

The Australian Centre for Radio Frequency Bioeffects Research,  said the data was not strong enough to indicate a link between mobile phone exposure and behavioural problems.