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Mobile Phone Transmitter Causes Brain Tumours?
Peter writes "Seven staff in the one building have been diagnosed with brain tumours, and everything seems to be pointing to the mobile phone towers located on the roof. The building is owned by RMIT University and an investigation is taking place. Five of the seven staff worked on the top floor of the building. Medical experts contacted by The Age Newspaper said no definitive link had been proved between mobile phone tower radiation and cancer."
Better add another couple of layers just to be sure.
Save the DOS prompt: It's an endangered species!
I suppose you're going to tell me that it's a bad idea to stick my head in a running microwave oven, too, eh?
This guy's the limit!
Surely, someone here on Slashdot has one to spare for these poor people!
It's more likely it's something in the water.
Heh - the aircon at my previous employer was known as the "sickness recycling system".
It could be that brain tumors cause mobile phone transmitters.
"Anybody object to putting antennas on the roof right above you?"
"Duh, uhhh, nope, ok"
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Cancer must be contagious!! Kill the lab rats--quickly!!
Come on. Any idiot knows that it takes at least 8 people to call it a link.
Kinda lost interest once I read...
"...the 16th and 17th floors are home to offices of senior management..."
-- "Can't sleep, clowns will eat me!"
So fat people are less likely to get cancer? Cool! Pass the donuts!
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A large metal obstruction affects TV reception? That's just crazy talk.
I'm not worried. I have a rock that keeps cancer away.
English is easier said than done.
So why are people with brain tumors attracted to radio frequency sources? Do they show a preference for specific frequencies? Is it an innate attempt to self-treat?
I dont blame the natives, it's scary having one of those antenna nearby. I moved into my house here in Alaska 10 years ago, I was a spry 26 years old and felt healthy all the time.
Now, about 5 years ago a cell phone tower was installed in lot adjacent to us, maybe 350 feet from our house (and I telecommute so I am exposed to it all the time.)
After five years of exposure to this tower, I've become very sedentary, I've stopped riding my mountain bike years ago, and I frequently end up working all day sitting in front of the computer with just short breaks. The cell tower has also bloomed my Coca Cola intake level, and I've put on about 45 pounds of unwanted weight. I feel less healthy than ever now.