Mobile phone companies should display 'health warnings' to allow users to be aware of the health risks from radiation, urged pressure groups and scientists.
Important information that advise users not to place their handsets directly against the body have been available in the manuals.
However, these advice were often buried inside the handset manuals in small prints.
RIM's latest BlackBerry Torch (9800) encouraged users to utilize hands-free operation or put it 25mm away from the body to avoid prolong body contact.
Apple's iPhone and Nokia C6 also warned its users to keep the devices at least 15mm away from the body and to avoid contact while making or answering calls.
According to a spokesperson of Powerwatch, an independent group that investigates the safety of mobile phones: "The safety advice should be included on the boxes and far more prominently in the ‘getting started’ section of user guides and not just in the detail at the back that hardly anyone reads."
Research from the University of Washington has shown that exposure to two-hours long of mobile phone radition can splinter the DNA of brain cells in rats.
That is equivalent to cells found in malignant tumours.
Other studies also revealed that regular use of mobile phone among children affect memories and learning capacities while men face the risks of affecting their sperm count when handsets were kept in trousers pockets.
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