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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."
Who the f*k used cells 30 years ago?! Also, there is no constant mass to measure as the amount of cell owners 10 years ago is far from the one now, so this is pure faked corporatism support,
Well, depends if the radio tower is sending frequencies upwards or only to the sides.
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?
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It's JUST like smoking, but the comparison brings out the hypocrisy of the subject. The general population is happy with an all out ban on smoking because of how it affects everyone's health, not just the smokers... and the "offensiveness of it all".
A braindead suit yapping away on their cell phone is just as offensive in just about every surrounding. Also, if they did cause health concerns, people wouldn't throw the same fuss because THEY WANT their cell phone, regardless how you or I might feel.
I hope your lungs melt due to cigarette smoke. It's a fun way to die!
www.radiationresearch.org/pdfs/15reasons.asp
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15 Reasons for Concern.
Concern 1: Industry’s own research showed cellphones caused brain tumors
Concern 2: Subsequent industry-funded research also showed that using a cellphone elevated the risk of brain tumors (2000-2002)
Concern 3: Interphone studies, published to date, consistently show use of a cellphone for less than 10 years protects the user from a brain tumor
Concern 4: Independent research shows there is risk of brain tumors from cellphone use.
Concern 5: Despite the systemic-protective-skewing of all results in the Interphone studies, significant risk for brain tumors from cellphone use was still found
Concern 6: Studies independent of industry funding show what would be expected if wireless phones cause brain tumors
Concern 7: The danger of brain tumors from cellphone use is highest in children, and the
younger a child is when he/she starts using a cellphone, the higher the risk
Concern 8: There have been numerous governmental warnings about children’s use of cellphones
Concern 9: Exposure limits for cellphones are based only on the danger from heating. Concern 10: An overwhelming majority of the European Parliament has voted for a set of changes based on “health concerns associated with electromagnetic fields.”
Concern 11: Cellphone radiation damages DNA, an undisputed cause of cancer.
(a) Paper with concern
(b) Industry response
(c) Paper with concern
(d) Industry response
(e) Paper with concern
Concern 12: Cellphone radiation has been shown to cause the blood-brain barrier to leak. Cellphone and Brain Tumors - 15 Reasons for Concern
Concern 13: Cellphone user manuals warn customers to keep the cellphone away from the body even when the cellphone is not in use
Concern 14: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warning for cordless phones
Concern 15: Male fertility is damaged by cellphone radiation.
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Endorsements
We the undersigned believe it is essential that governments and the media understand the
independent science regarding cellphone use and brain tumors, as well as the design flaws of the 13 country Interphone study. The widespread nature of wireless telecommunication systems requires that society understand any potential risks, and that this understanding be as current as possible with the latest evidence-based science. We endorse both the message and urgency of this report.
Initial Endorsers (from 14 countries):
USA Martin Blank, PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics,
Columbia University
USA David O. Carpenter, MD, Director, Institute for Health and the Environment,
University at Albany
USA Ronald B. Herberman, MD, Director Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh Cancer
Institute
USA Elizabeth A. Kelley, MA, Environmental and Public Policy Consultant
USA Henry Lai, PhD, Research Professor, Dept. of Bioengineering, University of
Washington
USA Jerry L. Phillips, PhD, Director, Science Learning Center, University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs
USA Lawrence A. Plumlee, MD, Editor, The Environmental Physician, American
Academy of Environmental Medicine
USA Paul J. Rosch, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, New
York Medical College; President, The American Institute of Stress; Emeritus
Member, The Bioelectromagnetics Society
USA Bert Schou, PhD, CEO, ACRES Research
USA Narendra P. Singh, Research Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering,
University of Washington
USA Morton M. Teich, MD, Physician, New York, NY, Past President, American
Academy of Environmental Medicine
Australia Vini G. Khurana, MBBS, BSc (Med), PhD, FRACS, Associate Professor of
Neurosurgery, Australian Capital Territory
Australia Don Maisch, PhD (Cand.), Researcher, EMF Facts Consultancy
Australia Dr Charles Teo, MBBS, FRACS, Neurosurgeon, Director of The Centre for
Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, New South Wales.
Austria Gerd
You mean "laws passed" not "laws past."
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.
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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.
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