Mobile phone chip to counter radiation unveiled
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian health products distributor Omega Pharma will launch a chip it claims can counter potentially damaging radiation from mobile phones and has high hopes for its sales.
The company, which sells non-prescription products such as wart treatments, pregnancy tests and sun tan lotions to pharmacists, unveiled the E-waves phone chip on Tuesday, a day before its launch in Belgium.
Testing of the chip, which offsets the electromagnetic radiation from the phone, showed it lessened symptoms such as headaches and loss of concentration that might be associated with mobile phone use, Omega said.
It also neutralized the heating effect within the body produced by electromagnetic signals.
Testing of consumers appetite for the product, costing 38.95 euros ($50.1), will start on Wednesday.
The company will only have 30,000 of the chips available on day one, but believes it can ramp up production easily for foreign expansion.
“If we need 10 million, then we’ll go for that,” Chief Executive Marc Coucke told Reuters on the sidelines of the launch, although he said that was not a forecast.
Coucke and the scientists who have developed the chip argue there is a growing body of evidence showing a link between mobile phone use and the growth of tumors.
“It’s like smoking. Eventually we reached a point where the health impact is widely acknowledged,” Coucke said.
However, scientists worldwide remain split between those that believe there is a risk and others who believe there is insufficient evidence to show mobile phones are unsafe.
Omega, which has exclusive international distribution rights, will begin selling the product in other countries from early 2009. It will also launch three similar devices designed for use in the car, linked to a computer and in the home.
Omega competes with the over-the-counter arms of pharma giants such as Johnson & Johnson and Bayer and of consumer products groups such as Procter & Gamble.
Omega, the only sizable stand-alone OTC company, ranks itself 11th in the world in that market. It is mainly active in Western Europe, but is also pushing into Eastern Europe.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Related Posts:
LONDON (Reuters) - Doctors baffled by an unexplained rash on people’s ears or cheeks should be on alert for a skin allergy caused by too much mobile phone use, the British Association of Dermatologists said on Thursday. Citing published studies, the group said a red or itchy rash, known as “mobile phone dermatitis,” affects people who
Full Post: Doctors warn of rash from mobile phone use
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regular mobile phone use does not appear to increase a person’s risk of getting a type of cancer called melanoma of the eye, German researchers said on Tuesday. The study involving about 1,600 people detected no link between the time a person spent using a cell phone over about a decade and their
Full Post: Study sees no eye cancer risk from mobile phones
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several makers of infant formula sold in the United States defended their products on Wednesday, saying tests had not found the kidney-damaging chemical melamine in their products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had found trace amounts of the industrial chemical in one sample of formula. Although
Full Post: Some U.S. formula makers say products melamine-free
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned Monday. The scientists’ study, requested by the European Commission, attacked the concept of “leisure noise,” saying children and teenagers
Full Post: EU warns youth: turn your MP3 players down!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Review Summary To put it simply, this company is a brand of dietary supplements, most of which are advertised to lead to weight loss. In fact, this company claims to be the weight loss and wellness leader since 1992. When it comes to their weight loss aids, this company appears to promote products that contain trendy
Full Post: Fit America - Diet Products For Weight Loss