Posted on 05/28/2016 12:16:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Multiyear, peer-reviewed study found ‘low incidences’ of two types of tumors in male rats exposed to type of radio frequencies commonly emitted by cellphones
A major U.S. government study on rats has found a link between cellphones and cancer, an explosive finding in the long-running debate about whether mobile phones cause health effects.
The multiyear, peer-reviewed study, by the National Toxicology Program, found “low incidences” of two types of tumors in male rats that were exposed to the type of radio frequencies that are commonly emitted by cellphones. The tumors were gliomas, which are in the glial cells of the brain, and schwannomas of the heart.
“Given the widespread global usage of mobile communications among users of all ages, even a very small increase in the incidence of disease resulting from exposure to [radio-frequency radiation] could have broad implications for public health,” according to a report of partial findings from the study, which was released late Thursday.
A spokesperson for the National Institutes of Health, which helped oversee the study, wasn’t immediately available for comment. Earlier in the week, the NIH said, “It is important to note that previous human, observational data collected in earlier, large-scale population-based studies have found limited evidence of an increased risk for developing cancer from cellphone use.”
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LOL!
Trial Lawyers Unite!
I’m here all week.
"They claim that rats get brain and heart cancer out of the cell phone radiation. But only the male rats. And those tumors are great because they increase the rats' life expectancy! ;-)"
EVERYBODY knows the gummint conducts experiments on its employees
Was Al Gore still VP when when he became Pope of the Church of Earthly Heat????
Living under high tension lines sort'a limits my cell phone usage .... and radio .... and TV ....
But my pet iguana is 18 ft long and glows green
As an Amateur Radio enthusiast (read that: HAM RADIO GUY) who builds antenna’s capable of handling thousands of watts of power converted into RF using high dB gain antenna’s, I’d love to see the RF Safety Study that backs the claims that Cellphone’s can cause (brain) cancer.
You're confusing EMF with RF, two different things.
Still, you're screwed bro! You're getting the double-whammy!
yea, but you're not supposed to chew on your cellphone.
Joking aside, I do believe that radiation (from all sources, the sun being the biggest) does contribute to the mutations in our cells which leads to cancer. Whether you own a cellphone or not, we're all bombarded by all sorts of radiation all the time... but I wouldn't want to have a high-powered cellphone tower mounted on my roof.
LOL!
Timing is hard.
It was certainly before he told Gonad O’Brian that the earth’s core was millions of degrees Fahrenheit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14kNtnJgXXM
I can just envision the test subject rats in their cages with cell phones strapped to their little heads and constant telemarketer calls directed to them..........LOL!
So obama has given the poor cancer with his obamaphone.
Shouldn’t the terrorists and illegals with free cellphones be dropping.like flies??
government, go fight Islam terror.
Why are “low incidences” of two types of tumors explosive findings? And how often do you put your smart phone up to your ear anymore?
Apple Doesn’t want to kill it’s customers, it want’s to sell them wonder drugs and manage their medical records. Much better profit margins.
I see HUGE lawsuits in the future going after the giant cash cows like Apple and Samsung.
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