GUARD - Potential adverse effects of gsm cellular phones on hearing (LIFE QUALITY) (2002-01-01 - 2004-12-31) (»add to infobox)

Ferdinando GRANDORI, Gyoergy UNGVAARY, Veronique DEBISSCHOP, Marios PIRPASOPOYLOS, Christian BRECHOT, Vincenzo COVELLI, Antanas GVAZDAITIS, George TAVARTKILADZE, Domitien DEBOUZIE, Michael FRETTON

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY (IT205 - Milano) (Italy), "FREDERIC JOLIOT CURIE" NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR RADIOBIOLOGY (HU101 - Budapest) (Hungary), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (FR716 - Rhône) (France), DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL OF THESSALONIKI "AHEPA" (GR122 - Thessaloniki) (Greece), INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM) (FR612 - Gironde) (France), ITALIAN AGENCY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (IT603 - Roma) (Italy), KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE (LT002 - Kauno apskritis) (Lithuania), RESEARCH CENTER FOR AUDIOLOGY AND HEARING REHABILITATION (EO36 - Russia) (Russia), UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 (FR716 - Rhône) (France), UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (UK561 - Hampshire) (Great Britain)

Although in the last decade the European public concern was growing on the potential adverse health effects due to the use of mobile phones, among the studies addressing their potential health effects, no studies investigated the effects on hearing, actually a highly sensitive biological system to exogenous and endogenous agents and the first one to be affected by the microwaves. GUARD is the first study addressing the investigations of the potential adverse effects of GSM mobile phones on hearing and hearing-related cognitive functions. Its results will represent the first international and European statement about this type of hazards for hearing. All the involved laboratories are among the most relevant teams in Europe in their respective areas. The combination of expertise at these levels of quality can be unquestionably considered as the European added value of the consortium.

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