AMTA Snapshot Edition 141

Mobiles operate under strict scientific safety standards to protect children Mobile phones operate under strict science-based safety guidelines that are designed to protect people of all ages, including children. The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA), the peak body representing the mobile telecommunications industry, relies on the expert opinion of international health agencies for an overall assessment of health and safety issues.

Recycling of old mobiles leads to planting of 101,500 trees The sustainable actions of thousands of Australians will lead to the planting of over 100,000 native trees across the country this year, following MobileMuster and Landcare Australia?s ?Old Phones, More Trees? campaign.

Dr Ken Joyner to leave AMTA Committee roles The mobile telecommunications industry in Australia learned today that Ken Joyner of Motorola is leaving his position as Director of Global Regulatory Affairs after 12 years.

World Cancer Report 2008 The International Agency for Research on Cancer has published the World Cancer Report 2008 The report documents the frequency of cancer in different countries, trends in cancer incidence and mortality and describes known causes.

No health risk for kids from mobile phones: German study Radiation from mobile phones has no short-term health impact on children and teenagers, a new German government study showed on Monday, AFP reported this week.

Shock, horror - mobile phones not implicated in eye cancer The mobile phone has finally been given the all-clear in a long-running health scare saga over eye cancer, Telecom TV reports this week.

Hit-run arrest made after mobile phone trace A refugee who fled Sri Lanka after being bashed almost to death two years ago has been killed in a suspected hit and run car accident in Dandenong, the Age newspaper reported this week.