Moves are underway to try to prevent the exporting of old cell phones, computers, televisions, and other electronic items to developing nations whose recycling programs are primitive at best.
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Cell Phones Changing California Life
According to a California statewide survey, Californians are twice as likely to use their cell phones for internet access as they were three years ago.
Continue readingMore Scientists Affirm Used Cell Phone Cancer Link
Less than a month after the World Health Organization declared that there is a possible link between the use of new and old cell phones with the development of brain cancer, another prestigious panel of scientific experts have also confirmed their evaluation.
Continue readingCell Phone Recycling Call Falls on Deaf Ears in South Africa
It may be law in South Africa that makes the dumping of waste such as used cell phones and other electrical gadgets an illegal act, but that is unlikely to do much good if the great majority of companies in the country are unaware that there even is such legislation.
Continue readingCulture of Used Cell Phones and Driving Needs to Change
Yet another example of the deadly link between fatal accidents and distracted driving caused by having used cell phones while in operation of a vehicle has been provided by a fatal crash between a barge and a tour boat which killed two people and endangered 35 others.
Continue readingStudents Get Using Cell Phones Whilst Driving Banned
Junior high school students have successfully made it a crime for drivers to use new or old cell phones while engaged in the operation of a motor vehicle in Wisconsin Rapids in the United States.
Continue readingNokia to Introduce Windows Phone 7 Later This Year
In February, Steven Elop, the CEO at Nokia, announced that the company was teaming up with Microsoft and would be adding Windows Phone 7 based SmartPhones to their repertoire.
Continue readingT-Shirt to Charge Old Cell Phones
If campfires, human speech and various other strange ideas on how to recharge old cell phones were not enough, a company in the United Kingdom has come up with yet another wacky way to repower the devices.
Continue readingRecharge Used Cell Phone by the Campfire
Consumers might soon be able to recharge their old cell phones while sitting by the campfire… with the heat of the campfire!
Continue readingUsed Cell Phones Lower Sperm Count
A Canadian study citing used cell phones as a contributing factor to infertility in men has been backed up by an infertility specialist in India.
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