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| Mobile phone use linked to brain tumors |
| 2009-10-26 |
| Long-term mobile phone users could face a higher risk of developing cancer in later life, according to a decade-long study. The report, to be published later this year, has reportedly found that heavy mobile use is linked to brain tumours. The survey of 12,800 people in 13 countries has been overseen by the World Health Organisation. Preliminary results of the inquiry, which is looking at whether mobile phone exposure is linked to three types of brain tumour and a tumour of the salivary gland, have been sent to a scientific journal. That's why I carry my mobile phone in my pocket. :-) The findings are expected to put pressure on the British Government – which has insisted that mobile phones are safe – to issue stronger warnings to users. Somebody please tell Maria Shriver. Maybe this will get her to cut back even if Arnold can't. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #8 What, again? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-26 19:37 |
| #7 No one really expected the kids to run around with a two watt uhf transmitter glued to their head. The main effect is heating. It's like microwaving your brain. But the heating is trivial, and so the major studies discount it. There may be other, unknown effects related to cell division. The studies are negative or inconclusive on that point. But why not use a Bluetooth earset if you're a big mobile user - the power level is much lower. Oh, you don't want to look like a nerd? Well, that's a marketing opportunity, isn't it? |
| Posted by: KBK 2009-10-26 14:56 |
| #6 My 2008 Beemer came with bluetooth. Push a button the steering wheel and it calls for you. Don't even have to take it out of its cradle. So, it begs the question, if Arnold and Maria are so wealthy and no contemporary why the hell don't they just buy a car or SUV that has bluetooth? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-10-26 14:46 |
| #5 I have a theory. I did a study, and 100% of people who have or have had cancer have been around people who have farted or they themselves have farted. Therefore, there is a 100% correlation between human flatulence and cancer. |
| Posted by: AllahHateMe 2009-10-26 14:36 |
| #4 ...so what you may be suggesting is that energy unable to escape the steel cage of an automobile may result in an increase of that transmitted subcutaneously. ;) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-26 12:36 |
| #3 I think the energy gets diverted by conductors - like the steel roof of the grocery store (where my signal goes to zilch), so the slightly conductive layer of perspiration on the skin might also divert a bit of the energy around you rather than letting it pass through you. Not sure how significant it would be. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-10-26 10:52 |
| #2 It can pierce the skin all right, otherwise you couldn't use it in a building or a car. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-10-26 10:19 |
| #1 If the RF energy isn't enough to pierce the skin, how are the tumors being formed? The microwaves travel over your skin not through it. Literally is known as the "skin effect." This is just more of bad "science" being foisted on the world coupled with faux "journalism." Think "man-made global warming," just as true (not)! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-10-26 09:02 |