Pittsburgh Cancer Center Warns of Cell Phone Risks

RevWaldo contributes a link to an AP story carried by Google, according to which "The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is contrary to numerous studies that don't find a link between cancer and cell phone use, and a public lack of worry by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration." RevWaldo continues: "One possible solution offered? 'Use a wireless headset.' No risk of EM exposure from one of them, no sirree!"

Comments

Re:Precautionary Principle: Hide from everything

[mr_mischief]

What if the cause and effect are indeed reversed? What if people talk on cell phones too damn much because thy already have tumors in their brain effecting certain types of thought. Particularly I'm thinking of the centers of courtesy, respect for high speeds in heavy machines, and recognition of proper volumes required for the other end to hear the conversation.

Re:So, he's a doctor? A radio safety expert?

[Anonymous Coward]

The fact that he: 1) is not paid by big business- or - that 2) isn't bribed by big business to represent that something is ok when it is not ok. One would presume (from the parent post) that if someone's expertise was sufficient to say it's dangerous: Likely it is dangerous. I could just imagine the government now releasing a report -- "Cell Phones are Dangerous" ; what impact that would have. Given what happened with cigarets - it took YEARS of "proof" before people were told that - cigarets cause cancer. How many years of "proof" will it take before something that makes as much money as cell phones do -- would be 'proven' to cause cancer?

-1:Troll && -1:Flamebait != -1:StronglyDisagreeAndWishToCensor. Look up the definition of flame/troll.

Re:So, he's a doctor? A radio safety expert?

[Iamthecheese]

I hear that anyone driving a green car with a license plate ending in Y is a serial killer. Lets err on the side of caution and put them all in prison.