08-31-2005, 11:00 PM
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Cell Phones Do Not Cause Cancer, Probably
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=13399&hed=Cell+Phones+Don%E2%80%99t+Cause+Cancer
"In the largest study of its kind to date, scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London have found that cellular phones do not increase the risk of cancer of the nerve that links the ear to the brain, during the first decade of cell phone use. The study appeared in the online edition of The British Journal of Cancer on Tuesday."
The report goes on to say that they only studied the first decade after using a cell phone. What happens in subsequent decades hasn't been studied.
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08-31-2005, 11:06 PM
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Re: Cell Phones Do Not Cause Cancer, Probably
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
The report goes on to say that they only studied the first decade after using a cell phone. What happens in subsequent decades hasn't been studied.
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It would be a little difficult to have studied more than one decade - being as hardly anyone used a mobile phone pre-1995 and those that did were using a different mobile tech (analogue rather than digital) anyway...!
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08-31-2005, 11:35 PM
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Re: Cell Phones Do Not Cause Cancer, Probably
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Originally Posted by Duncan
those that did were using a different mobile tech (analogue rather than digital) anyway...!
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Quite right and the newer digital phones put out much less microwave energy I would think.
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08-31-2005, 11:59 PM
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Another study another day, one more thing to stress or not to stress about. Ignorance is bliss! :roll:
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09-01-2005, 07:03 AM
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there was a big story in austria's "profil" magazine about an EU study concerning microwave (not the oven) influence on the human body.
that article came as a response to numerous newspapers warning citizens that "cellphones are hazardous for kids".
according to the article in "profil", the study's results were that microwaves actually do influence your body on a cell basis.
what the study did not reveal, however, is if this cell-manipulation process causes cancer, because degeneration of human cells is a natural process; it happens when you're exposed to the sun too. the human body can live with that, it replaces damaged cells.
doctors who were interviewed did not share the newspapers' warning concerning cellphones and children. they said that actually, young people have better cell-reconstruction-mechanisms than adults.
the article went on to give tips about reducing radiation contamination.
don't use a cellphone if your reception is bad
don't cover the antenna with your finger
don't hold the phone to your ear when a call is being connected
what i'm wondering is, there are so many radiosignals surrounding us. tv, radio, wifi, etc. if it were that bad, wouldn't we have ceased to exist already? we'd all be fried by now 
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09-01-2005, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by dMores
what i'm wondering is, there are so many radiosignals surrounding us. tv, radio, wifi, etc. if it were that bad, wouldn't we have ceased to exist already? we'd all be fried by now |
A fair comment, but radiation obeys the inverse square law, where the power decreases exponentially from the point of propagation. TV and radio are usually transmitted from a reasonable distance. A mobile phone, unfortunately, is held right next to the user's head when transmitting.
After common use of mobile phones for the past 15 years or so, you'd reckon there'd be a bit of a blip in the medical records if the low power microwaves they generate damaged our brains in some way. Nope... no blip.
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09-01-2005, 03:57 PM
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I would say our best hope is to monitor Japan over the next 10-20 years. Everyone there has a cell phone!
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09-01-2005, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by G M Fude
After common use of mobile phones for the past 15 years or so, you'd reckon there'd be a bit of a blip in the medical records if the low power microwaves they generate damaged our brains in some way. Nope... no blip.
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If it were as easy as that there would be no large-scale studies at all.
First, you need to conduct research to discover the "blips," not rely on personal experience or what you've seen published to date.
Second, the effects may either manifest differently from what you expect, or may take longer to show.
Thirdly, as people's habits change, so does their exposure to mobile phone technology. Whatever the results of the preliminary reports, this needs to be an ongoing investigation.
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09-01-2005, 04:12 PM
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"The paper does report a higher risk of developing a tumor on the same side of the head that people use their cell phones, after at least 10 years of use. However, the researchers conceded that there is little information on which long-term effects can be judged."
You can't ignore this statement, either. As they say, it's too early to judge what the results of decades of use will be, but, "rest assured," we'll all be using cell phones in a few decades' time.
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09-01-2005, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by caubeck
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Originally Posted by G M Fude
After common use of mobile phones for the past 15 years or so, you'd reckon there'd be a bit of a blip in the medical records if the low power microwaves they generate damaged our brains in some way. Nope... no blip.
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If it were as easy as that there would be no large-scale studies at all.
First, you need to conduct research to discover the "blips," not rely on personal experience or what you've seen published to date.
Second, the effects may either manifest differently from what you expect, or may take longer to show.
Thirdly, as people's habits change, so does their exposure to mobile phone technology. Whatever the results of the preliminary reports, this needs to be an ongoing investigation. |
I agree. I wonder what the results of a study of smoking during the first decade of use is. Chances we would have headlines saying "smoking doesn't cause cancer".
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