"Using a mobile phone does not increase the risk of developing the most common type of brain tumor, according to a study on Friday. After a four-year survey, scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and three British universities found no link between regular, long-term use of cell phones and glioma. "Overall, we found no raised risk of glioma associated with regular mobile phone use and no association with time since first use, lifetime years of use, cumulative hours of use, or number of calls," said Professor Patricia McKinney, of the University of Leeds, in a report in the British Medical Journal. She added that the results were consistent with the findings of most studies done in the United States and Europe."
Question: Not to be cynical but who funded the study?
:lol: That was a funny. I too was reluctant to talk on the phone for prolonged duration with my friends. Now I can give them the link and I can now talk as much as I can
This field of research is so muddled (due in no small part to deliberate FUD on both sides) that it will probably take decades to satisfactorily sort it all out. But studies like this one are good, at least until the press gets ahold of them. It provides solid evidence that mobile phone use does not increase the risk of glioma. It says nothing about the other types of cancer that phones have been implicated as causing, some of which develop in the brain and some in the ear, which will all have to be studied individually. And then there is still the matter of analog transmission, tested by many previous (and some current) surveys, whose effects are largely unrelated to those of the much more common digital methods! Anyone waiting for complete results will never be able to get a mobile. The rest of us should just keep to an absolute minimum their use right against our heads, laugh at the conflicting results (so we don't cry :roll, and perhaps maintain a scoreboard like Engadget's.
I bought my 3-year-old a Cingular Firefly, since it was only $8 a month more on my family plan and she talks more on the phone than I do (we're also saying goodbye to the home landline). I always felt that cell phone use was fairly safe - we're exposed to x-rays, towers, microwave ovens, wi-fi signals, cordless phones, and more our government will probably never disclose - this study eases my mind just a little bit more. A little.
Question: Not to be cynical but who funded the study?
This isn't cynicism, it's a perfectly valid question. I would love to read the actual study (If I had the time) Just to see what their operational definition of cell phone use was - is it number of minutes on the phone, having the phone on your person, etc...
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Study: No Raised Cancer Risk From Cell Phone Use
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