The threat of a $20 fine may not sway every California driver from using a hand-held cellphone when a state ban takes effect July 1, but a motorist who ignores the law and causes an accident could face huge civil judgments or even jail if fatalities result.

Two Spanish children are being treated for addiction to mobile phones, in what is thought to be first case of its kind in the country. The children, 12 and 13, were admitted to a mental health clinic by their parents because they could not carry out normal activities without their phones.

Two children in Spain have been admitted to a mental health institution to be treated for addiction to their mobile phones, Spanish media report.

Silver-colored metal dental fillings contain mercury that may cause health problems in pregnant women, children and fetuses, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday after settling a related lawsuit.

Scientists have started work on a massive official study to discover whether the long-term use of mobile phones causes brain cancer, and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

Local residents in Nelson, who organized to block Telecom's proposed 22 meter, 3G phone mast above a play-centre and pre-school, want to kick-start a national dialogue on the safety, standards, placements and even the need for the proliferation of telecommunications equipment in New Zealand.

Robert O. Becker, a towering figure in bioelectromagnetics, died on May 14 due to complications from pneumonia.

Some German apiarists lost their entire stock of bees over the past winter.

A joint study involving Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and researchers in Sweden has found that cell phone use for a substantial period of three hours or more immediately before bedtime disrupts sleep patterns.

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