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Biggest Study On Cellphone Health Effects Launched in Europe
An anonymous reader writes "The biggest study to date into the effects of cellphone usage on long-term health was launched today, aiming to track at least a quarter of a million of people in five European countries for up to 30 years. The Cohort Study on Mobile Communications (COSMOS) differs from previous attempts to examine links between mobile phone use and diseases such as cancer and neurological disorders in that it will follow users' behaviour in real time. Most other large-scale studies have centred around asking people already suffering from cancer or other diseases about their previous cellphone use. Researchers said long-term monitoring will provide more time for diseases to develop, since many cancers take 10 or 15 years for symptoms to appear."
You know when a great time to start this kind of study would have been? Maybe a decade ago when people were already complaining of cancers and tumors.
But nope, at that time, when we were using cellular phones with higher output levels than today's, we were pooh poohed as crackpots.
How can we trust that the data gathered now will be relevant for all the cases that will appear due to phones from yesteryear?
Scientists have really dropped the ball on this one.
Well, my dick's ready; is your mouth?