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World Health Organization Says Mobile Phones May Cause Cancer

Posted by Roblimo on from the we're-surrounded-by-carcinogens dept.

Schiphol writes "A new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) concludes that mobile phone radiation presents a carcinogenic hazard. Are cell phones going to be the new tobacco, then?" This seems to be a new interpretation of a long-tern WHO study of possible cellphone health risks that had "inconclusive results" last May.

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  1. Oh, it's that same WHO... by X.25 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...that netted billions of dollars for pharmaceutical cartels that sold H1N1 vaccine?

    They've lost their credibility. All because of few dollars and corruption.

  2. Re:Calm Down, It's Only Group 2B by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: -1, Troll

    A worrying detail about these groups is that most substances in group 2B are outlawed. DDT, for example. Arguably the most successfull medicine in the history of the world*, but -possibly- carcinogenic. Actually possibly is wrong : lots of studies have been done, none indicated a correlation between cancer rates and even extreme DDT use.

    The fact that anything at all is outlawed in the entire group 2 is why it is most reasonable to call greenies "nutcases". It's a perfectly accurate description of the situation.

    * if you count number of lives saved