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To: Thermalseeker
It’s obvious you do not understand the physics involved and prefer to join in the hysteria.

I happen to be a physician. All I'm saying is that the jury is still out. The author of the linked article is an oncologist at Columbia University in New York City who happens to agree.

Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer?

It is possible, of course, that even these sophisticated experiments will be unable to determine the risk. The lag time of cancer development with phone use may be 50 or 70 years — and cellphones have been around for only three decades or so.

I do understand the physics thoroughly and I know, with absolute certainty, what you post is bunk. I am living proof.

I understand morbidity, mortality, epidemiology and risk factors besides some physics, genetics and epigenetics among other subjects. The professional literature is still inconclusive. Some of it claims effects on human protein expression and DNA.

Your longevity may be no different from heavy smokers who smoked for decades with no apparent ill effects who died because of acute trauma. I hope you continue to enjoy good health.

18 posted on 05/02/2011 7:08:05 AM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: neverdem
Your longevity may be no different from heavy smokers

I guess that extends to the entirety of all RF engineers. I know engineers who worked around high power TV and FM stations for decades with absolutely no ill effects. I'm talking guys who have spent tens of thousands of hours in transmitter rooms with so much stray RF floating around that it will light fluorescent lights when the switch is off. There has been no documented evidence whatsoever that there is any increased risk or rates of cancer or any other malady in this group. It has been studied at length, despite what you and the others you cite might think. Just because you are unaware doesn't make it false. I'm not new to this. We studied RF safety protocol when I was an undergrad student well before anyone knew what a cell phone was. Believe me, if I thought I was frying my nads or my brain I'd be doing something else. Consider for a moment the amount of RF you are exposed to every day. I seriously doubt you have the foggiest notion of what that entails. You receive several orders of magnitude higher non-ionizing radiation levels from watching television (hours on end) than you do from using your cell phone. Don't take my word for it. Go to Radio Shack and buy yourself a field strength meter and see for yourself. This is only one of thousands of sources of RF you are exposed to every day, yet people are living longer than they ever have in human history. Truth be known, most people, ignorant of the physics of RF, would hide under their beds if they knew what I know about what they are currently exposed to daily regarding RF. If there were a problem we'd have seen it manifest itself a long time ago.

The people doing these "studies" have one thing in mind: Money. Back up and look at the big picture. Look and see who is funding these groups doing these "studies". When the facts don't add up, follow the money.......

19 posted on 05/02/2011 7:26:43 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (The theft being perpetrated by Congress and the Fed makes Bernie Maddoff look like a pickpocket.)
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