Cell Phones Don't Increase Chances of Brain Cancer

mclearn sends in news of "a very large, 30-year study of just about everyone in Scandinavia" that shows no link between mobile phone use and brain tumors. "Even though mobile telephone use soared in the 1990s and afterward, brain tumors did not become any more common during this time, the researchers reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Some activist groups and a few researchers have raised concerns about a link between mobile phones and several kinds of cancer, including brain tumors, although years of research have failed to establish a connection. ... 'From 1974 to 2003, the incidence rate of glioma (a type of brain tumor) increased by 0.5 per cent per year among men and by 0.2 per cent per year among women,' they wrote. Overall, there was no significant pattern."

Comments

Re:extremes

[Lord Lode]

Well, depends if the radio tower is sending frequencies upwards or only to the sides.

Yes,But....

[flyneye]

Yes there is research by scientists and it seems conclusive.
I want to know who funded the research for 30 years.
Was it research for 30 years or research covering 30 years of cell users?
Was it a telco funding this? If not who? What is their agenda?
Gosh, with rampant disinformation from the industry/government spun media, who's to say a scientist making a living wouldn't take some payola?
There is no security in place to keep this from happening. The public eats up research, reviewed or not.
Why should we put our faith in science anymore?
Maybe I'm out of line, maybe not.
Like the global warming issue, the temptation to follow the money and agenda negates any believability of anyones results.
How many other hot issues have so many conflicting findings month to month?
How much research is diluted by agenda?

Re:So what if it did?

[Dog-Cow]

I hope your lungs melt due to cigarette smoke. It's a fun way to die!

Wifi allergy

[Remus Shepherd]

It's interesting, because I used to get headaches whenever I was near a Wifi hub. I set one up in my house for my friend's kids to use, but I kept it disconnected when I was the only one home. I was so sensitive that, if someone else were turning the Wifi on and off, I could be in a different room in the house and still tell when it was on.

But over time I think I've acclimatized to it. The headaches seem less frequent now (and I have trouble separating them from my eyestrain headaches that I get when I spend too much time at the computer). I can't detect it as much. I think my body has gotten used to whatever frequency and power was affecting me before.

I am not, by any means, a luddite scaremonger. But from personal experience I am absolutely certain that broadcasts on these frequencies have some effect on the human body. I'm glad the studies are proving that the effect is not carcinogenic. I'll trust that science. But I'll still avoid holding a cellphone to my ear and sitting near Wifi hubs just because of the potential discomfort they can cause me.

Re:Correlation is not causation

[NiteShaed]

As I sit here in my mud-hut in America, I can't help but wish I was from as advanced a region as Scandinavia. I've been to an Ikea (we go there on educational tours, since we have no museums or schools here), and wow, you guys really know how to live. Perhaps, one day, if America really strives and works hard, we'll catch up with you, maybe we'll even put a man on the moon, or create a global computer network, or perhaps even invent some sort of wireless communication device that will be really popular world-wide, just like the Scandinavians did.
As it is, I'll just sit here in my hut, fill out tickets for PauseTipping and VinnerOddsen, and dream of the day when America will a technological innovator.