Posted on 05/31/2011 11:46:03 AM PDT by Borges
LONDON – An international panel of experts says cellphones are possibly carcinogenic to humans after reviewing details from dozens of published studies.
The statement was issued in Lyon, France, on Tuesday by the International Agency for Research on Cancer after a weeklong meeting of experts. They reviewed possible links between cancer and the type of electromagnetic radiation found in cellphones, microwaves and radar.
The agency is the cancer arm of the World Health Organization and the assessment now goes to WHO and national health agencies for possible guidance on cellphone use.
The group classified cellphones in category 2B, meaning they are possibly carcinogenic to humans. Other substances in that category include the pesticide DDT and gasoline engine exhaust.
Last year, results of a large study found no clear link between cellphones and cancer. But some advocacy groups contend the study raised serious concerns because it showed a hint of a possible connection between very heavy phone use and glioma, a rare but often deadly form of brain tumor. However, the numbers in that subgroup weren't sufficient to make the case.
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It seems that life itself is carcinogenic.
So, how many do you have to eat in a day to get cancer?
though it might explain the 2008 election results!
>>An international panel of experts<<
ie: Hair dressers, shoe shine specialists, car salesmen, baristas, Libyan women’s rights advocates, etc.
Totally Unexpected!
If your exposed to harmful radiation it takes about 10 years for cancer to start growing..cell phones have been out since the early 90s and brain cancer rates have not gone up, they have stayed basically the same. Everything should be done in moderation
Mine is seldom on. I’d have to eat it to do damage.
When I hear this, I always think that they wouldn’t cause tumors if people didn’t glue them to the side of their damned head.
All potential grassroots uprisings will be cancelled, due to possible cancer-causing cellphones used to organize such things...
Maybe, if you smoke them.
“International panel of experts” is often a fancy name for “bull-tit useless university hacks lobbying for government handouts”.
Cancer - Joe Jackson
Everything
Everything gives you cancer
Everything
Everything gives you cancer
There’s no cure, there’s no answer
Everything gives you cancer
Don’t touch that dial
Don’t try to smile
Just take this pill
It’s in your file
Don’t work hard
Don’t play hard
Don’t plan for the graveyard
Remember -
Everything
Everything gives you cancer
Everything
Everything gives you cancer
There’s no cure, there’s no answer
Everything gives you cancer
Don’t work by night
Don’t play by day
You’ll feel all right
But you will pay
No caffeine
No protein
No booze or
Nicotine
Remember -
There are carcinogens of every kind
in any form that you can find
Either in your home or out, on a Bill of Fare.
Some folks die from drinking whisky
but drinking water’s just as risky.
And it’s often a bad mistake to breathe the air.
And believe me, just having experienced a Memorial Day weekend in California where it was too cold to put down the top on my T-bird, I am not a proponent of that either.
I’ve seen a few muslim women who keep it tucked in their head covering-as if it were really glued to the side if their head.
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