WASHINGTON—An Illinois judge in Chicago today approved a partial settlement that sets up a cell-phone health registry headed by epidemiologist Dr. George Carlo. The class-action suit, which alleges privacy invasion in connection with a phone-cancer epidemiology study, will continue against wireless industry defendants.
Carlo, who managed a $28 million, industry-funded research program, sparked controversy after publicizing findings of genetic damage from cell phone radiation. Carlo has been sharply critical of industry for not taking measures to protect the nation’s 123 million mobile phone subscribers—particularly youth—from alleged health risks. The industry claims wireless phones do not pose a health threat to consumers.
