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Cell Phones Don't Increase Chances of Brain Cancer

Posted by kdawson on from the as-close-to-proof-as-it-gets dept.

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."

6 of 320 comments (clear)

  1. But they do increase.. by Reikk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Talking on cellphones in restaurants was proven to increase your douchebagginess by %100

  2. Hmmm... by Admiralbumblebee · · Score: 5, Informative

    Glioma != "brain tumors". There are many other forms of brain tumors which this study does not cover. The story should be "No link between glioma and cell phone usage found."

  3. Re:Correlation is not causation by idontgno · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'll save you the trouble of trying to rationalize 1 and 2. Just pick 3.

    I'm William of Ockham, and I approve of this message.

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  4. Re:Which is bad? by noidentity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which is bad?... Is it the yellow or white part of the egg?

    The hard white part that surrounds the soft inner parts is bad. It should be removed before eating.

  5. Re:B*S by Dun+Malg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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,

    OK, try to wrap your little brain around this: there is no statistically significant increase in brain cancer from 1974 (when there were no cell phones) to 2003 (when there were a shitload). If brain cancer didn't change, but cell phone usage went from 0 to "a whole bunch", the conclusion is that cell phones don't cause brain cancer.

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  6. Re:extremes by TheLink · · Score: 5, Informative

    > > Are there any levels/frequencies of RF that are known to increase cancer rates?

    > No, radio waves are non-ionizing.

    > You might get cooked as in a microwave, but no cancer.

    Cooking = damage. And the damage can increase the odds of cancer.

    See:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7965380.stm
    http://abcnews.go.com/Health/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/story?id=7182731&page=1

    Quote: "Esophageal cancer numbers rose in regions where people preferred their tea very hot, and dropped where tea was served at a cooler temperature. "

    "But unlike booze and cigarettes, Malekzadeh said evidence in his study showed it's not the chemicals in the tea that matters. "

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