Headaches from cellular telephones: are they real and what are the implications?

AI: Melanie Research RF Safe Research Library Mar 1, 1998 CONCERN LOW

This review discusses reports of headaches occurring with hand-held cellular telephone use and argues they are likely real and attributable to telephone emissions. It points to earlier reports of headaches from low-intensity microwave exposure and proposes biological plausibility via effects on the blood-brain barrier and dopamine-opiate systems. The author raises the possibility that such headaches could signal biologically significant effects.

Key points

The paper addresses reports of headaches associated with cellular telephone use.
The author argues there is reason to believe the headaches are real and due to emissions from phones.
It cites historical literature reporting headaches during low-intensity microwave exposure predating cellular telephones.
It links headache mechanisms to the blood-brain barrier and notes reports that low-intensity microwave exposure affects the barrier.
It links headache mechanisms to dopamine-opiate systems and notes reports that low-intensity electromagnetic exposure affects these systems.
The paper states that exposures in the cited lines of research were approximately similar to cellular telephone emissions in frequency/modulation/incident energy.
It suggests the headache reports could be an early warning of biologically significant effects.

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