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Published on: 5/24/1999
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But Tom Wills-Sandford, a spokesman for the Federation of Electronic Industries, a U.K. organization that represents cellphone operators and manufacturers, dismissed the issues raised by the program and accused the BBC of taking the scientists' comments out of context.
Wills-Sandford said the overall conclusion from Hardell's study ruled out any link.He claimed the study concluded there was no increased risk of brain tumors from the use of mobile phones.
Based on all the scientific evidence, there is no established link between brain cancer and cellphone use, he told CNNfn.com.It is important that these studies be taken in the totality of science, he added.
Cellphone related stocks were trading lower in London in a flat market.British Telecommunications (BT.A), which owns 60 percent of cellular phone operator.
Cellnet, was off by more than 4 percent.
But one analyst, who asked not to be named, said the health scare surrounding cellphones so far was having little effect on his thinking.