Posted on 10/14/2004 6:50:39 AM PDT by blogblogginaway
People who have used cell phones for at least 10 years might have an increased risk of developing a rare brain tumor, according to a study published Wednesday in the international journal Epidemiology.
A team of researchers at Institute of Environmental Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, found almost a fourfold increase of the tumors, known as acoustic neuromas, on the side of the head where the phone was most often held.
The work was done as part of the World Health Organization's cell phone research agenda, and experts in the field said it must be taken seriously and is likely to rekindle consumer worries about the risks of using the phones
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
Huh?
Didja mean EMF? Electrical, magnetic and electromagnetic fields are ubiquitous in our modern world. There is a huge body of epidemilogical evidence that indicates that the only known hazard from non-ionizing radiaton is direct heating. Sort of like cooking yourself in a microwave oven.
You don't need to feel warm to suffer injury, one famous case involved some technicians working on the antenna of the FPS-49 in Clear, Alaska about thirty years ago. Unbeknownst to them, the transmitter was on and they suffered irreparable and ultimately fatal liver damage, without experiencing any pronounced feelings of warmth.
The U.S. standard for exposure to radio frequency energy changes with wavelength, but it's on the order of about 5 milliwatts per square centimeter. This translates to an effecive total dose of about 50 Watts over your entire body. Cell phone transmitters are about 10 Watts... The spot levels in certain places may be higher. Just because a "standard" is being exceeded doesn't mean that there's any real hazard, they are at best guidelines allowing trade-offs between the convenience of modern appliances and potential risks.
Any one study in isolation is of very little value in making an informed judgment, especially about rare diseases. Instances of rare diseases, by very virtue of being rare, will occur in a very "noisy" distribution in a small population. With enough diseases and enough studies, you're inevitably going to get an occassion noise spike.
I take back my previous post. Clearly, the sky must be falling. Throw away your cell phones! Take no chance whatsoever. Destroy your microwave ovens, electric torches, Edison lamps and all other electrical devices. Embalm, bury and cremate! Take no chances!
Only the infinitely more articulate Winne said, "Embalm, cremate and bury", which certainly makes more sense.
They should cause rectal tumors. Inconsiderate drivers talking on their phones should have their cellphones inserted up dark places.
You're lucky. I ususlly see American women chatting away on cellphones doing 55 in a 25.
If it's Detroit Iron, one counts as an American driver. (Foreigners are assumed to drive Lexa or Renaultae.)
Time to go back to using 2 Dixie Cups and a string!
Yep. 1/R^2.
What's the voltage in the cellphone? In the videomonitor? And these are low order approximations. Relative power? And finally, size of the source?
1/R^2 works for point sources. IIRC, for line sources its good only beyond L/2 and it 'fails' as an approximation for a 'area' source until ahhh ... beyond 10L - ten times the longest dimension.
But don't argue with me, argue with John Moulder at the URL in my OP. Neither of us give much credence to cellphones MIGHT cause cancer.
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