手机有害吗？

Anti-Radiation Trousers Fuel Mobile Phone Debate

U.S. jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co. denied it was playing on consumer fears by launching a line of trousers fitted with "anti-radiation" pockets for mobile phones. The trousers, with a lining which the makers say shields against radiation, are designed by Dockers, a brand name of Levi Strauss. "We're not implying in any way that mobile phones are dangerous. Our intention is not to cash in on consumer fears but provide the consumers with what they want,"Levi's European communicati ons manager Cedric Jungpeter said. The design was the fruit of extensive market research showing that the fashion conscious were also health conscious, Jungpeter said. "The debate is open. Although no study has proved mobile phones are harmful , no study has proved the contrary either,"he added. Worldwide studies into the possible dangers of mobile phones produce often conflicting conclusions. A recent one carried out by Australian researchers over a
three-year period showed that radio emissions from mobile phones did not trigger the growth of tumors
in mice, and therefore probably did not do so in humans either. And another Australian study concluded
cellular phones could foster tumor growth. Swedish research published recently concluded that long-term
users of first generation mobile phones faced an up to 80 percent greater risk of developing brain tumors
than non-users. But a Danish study last year of 400,000 mobile phone users showed no increased cancer risk.

美国牛仔裤制造商李维·斯特劳斯公司否认它推出一系列配有“防(手机)辐射”口袋的裤子的做法是在利用消费者的恐惧心理。李维·斯特劳斯公司旗下品牌之一“多克斯”设计了这一系列牛仔裤，里面有据制造商称可防辐射的衬里。李维公司欧洲区联络经理塞德里克·君皮特说：“我们并未以任何方式暗示手机会带来危险。我们的意图不是利用消费者的恐惧来赚钱，而是为他们提供他们想要的产品。”君皮特说，李维公司进行了广泛的市场调查，发现那些留心时尚的人同样也在意健康，这款设计由此而来。他补充道：“此事还未有定论。虽然没有研究表明手机有害，但也没有研究证实手机无害。”世界范围内关于手机潜在危害的研究经常得出互相矛盾的结论。澳大利亚研究者最近所作的一项为期3年的研究显示手机的射电辐射不会引发老鼠体内肿瘤的生长，因此可能也不会对人造成这样的伤害。而另一项同样来自澳大利亚的研究的结论则是手机会刺激肿瘤生长。瑞典方面最近公布了一项研究，结论是长期使用第一代手机的人长脑瘤的几率比不使用手机的人高80%，而丹麦在去年对40万手机用户所作的一项研究却表明手机不会增加得癌症的风险。

Remarks：考虑到我们已经身处一个充满各种辐射的世界，手机即便有辐射也算不得什么大事情，真正的祸患是新科技带来的那种无处躲藏的焦虑——就算生命的长度没有因此缩短，生活的质量却无疑已经大打折扣。