in the early 90's, the telecom company spent 25 million dollars for a period of time to carry out more research projects to prove how safe mobile phones are but that wasnt the case. instead, they found that federal microwave exposure standards are insufficient. it was also found that the damage caused by mobile phones and also tumour can be initiated in the laboratory by one third of the FCC's exposure guidelines.
it was also made clear that high amount of micriwave to the head could be extremely dangerous especially to children. a research from the university of utah concluded after some research that a child absorbs more radiation into the brain. in 2007, more research took place about mobile phones and cancer. more than 420,000 danish citizens were studied over 20 years and no issue of cancer was raised. mobile phones have become a part of peoples lives and people will continue to usesince it does not cause any harm or damage to the human body.
BIRD FLU
Influenza, also known as flu is an infectious disease which affects birds and humans. influenza is caused by RNA virus. Humans don't particularly get infected by this disease but if they do, the symptons are headache, sore throat, cough, pains etc. it can be passed from infected humans through air by coughing or sneezing which creates moe virus. it can also be passed on by saliva.
in certain seasons, flu can spread around very quickly and can kill tens, hundreds, thousands and even millions of people in severe circumstances. there are different of flu. these are:
- bird flu
- dog flu
- swine flu
- horse flu
flu symptons in birds are different and ca be very complicated. a deadly avian strain named H5N1 has posed the greatest threat since the first human was killed in Asis in the 1990's. it was made clear to the pub;ic in the 1990's that six people had died and hundreds left ill after the virus was passed from infected birds to humans. concerns were raised over the possibility of a bird flu outbreak. BBC posted a question and answer website to give the public some kind of understanding about the risk of bird flu.
GP's were given guidelines on how to manage this serious outbreak. In 2006, various researches were carried out and was made clear that though it wasnt as bad in the UK, it was very bad elsewhere. 87 people out of 46000 sick people in Vietnam were infected by bird flu. H5N1 claimed its first human victim in Turkey. more reports were made concerning the fact that more people were infected by this deadly virus.
in 2007, scientists working in Switzerland, Vietnam and the United States highlighted a bird flu antibody. Most people are worried and concerened about bird flu but others dont take it seriously such as people living in Turkey and Asia. there was some few outbreaks in Britain but only the people close to the infected birds were infected. the birds that were infected were destroyed as soon as they were discovered. brits are more relieved because theres less or even no outbreaks of bird flu and also bird flu cant be passed from human to human.
EVALUATION
Several information and researches have taken place to warn human that bird flu is not a joke but real. ideas are still being put together to find measures to cure it and also how to bring it under control.
tens of people have already been infected with this disease and hopefully no one gets it as warning measures and information have been given to warn everyone of this deadly disease.
