OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
I also watched as various media outlets printed one story
after another based on studies that seemingly contradicted each other.
For instance, in the UK, The Independent ran a story on 31 August 2005,
titled: ‘Using a mobile phone regularly does not cause cancer,
scientists conclude.’ The story led with: ‘Using mobile phones
regularly for up to 10 years does not cause brain tumours, according to
one of the largest studies into the link between cancer and cell phone
radiation.’
Two years on, The Independent told a very
different tale on 7 October 2007 which led with: ‘Research into the
link between regular handset use and disease reveals the risks rise
significantly after 10 years, despite official assurances that they are
safe.’
This week we see The Independent running a report which resurrects the
comparison between cell phones and cigarettes titled:
‘Mobile phones more dangerous than smoking’. As near as I can tell,
this latest media report appears to be written around the conclusions
drawn by a distinguished neurosurgeon who has studied a number of
scientific studies released over the years.
In essence, Dr Vini Khurana has come to the same basic conclusion as
those Australian neurosurgeons I interviewed 10 years ago: cell phones
increase the risk of brain cancer in a similar way that cigarettes
increase the risk of lung cancer. However, as was the case with AMTA 10
years ago, a UK peak body, the Mobile Operators Association is
dismissive of the prominent neurosurgeon’s findings calling it ‘a
selective discussion of scientific literature by one individual.’
As a regular mobile phone user, along with about 3 billion other humans
on this planet, including most of my family, I certainly hope that AMTA
and the Mobile Operators Association are right. The alternative is too
terrible to contemplate.
David Frost
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