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"Magic" sticker on your phone will save brain pain
Apparently...

By Heather McLean

Published: Tuesday 02 October 2001

Sticking a patch to your mobile phone may prevent your brain being fried, according to Aulterra, the Glasgow-based developers of the Neutraliser sticker.

The Neutraliser patch contains an organic compound composed of "natural earth elements" which the developers claim will counter potentially dangerous levels of radiation.

However, Martin Wild, spokesman for the National Radiological Protection Board, said: "This magic substance is supposed to neutralise electromagnetic frequencies, but I've never heard of it."

Doctor Glen Rein from Quantum Biology Research Labs in the US tested the sticker for its ability to block electromagnetic fields generated by mobile phones and measured the effect of electromagnetic radiation on DNA.

Rein found that natural recovery rates for DNA are hindered by a mobile phone but showed the Neutraliser greatly reduced the effect upon the DNA of electromagnetic radiation, supporting Aulterra's claims.

However, Wild added: "I would question the need for this product when phones are now operating within accepted [radiation] guidelines."