Posted on 05/04/2018 8:57:45 AM PDT by SMGFan
.Mobile phones may be behind a surge in a deadly brain tumor, scientists say.
Cases of glioblastoma in England soared from 983 to 2,531 between 1995 and 2015, figures from the Office of National Statistics reveal.
The rise was across all age groups and came as cases of lower-grade tumors fell.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Everyone should read the WHOLE article.
Let’s see if cell use gets treated like smoking.
“May be” is one of the premier methods of panic peddling...’cause it also may NOT be.
I'm very penurious with my "clicks", especially when they lead to MSM sources.
Keith Neal, from the University of Nottingham, said: “The suggestion that mobile phone use is responsible cannot be substantiated. The rise is greatest in the over 55s, who use mobile phones much less and there was very little mobile phone use in 1995 when rates are already increasing.”
“But critics warn the study only identifies a trend in tumor diagnosis rates and does not provide sufficient evidence that mobiles are to blame.
Keith Neal, from the University of Nottingham, said: “The suggestion that mobile phone use is responsible cannot be substantiated. The rise is greatest in the over 55s, who use mobile phones much less and there was very little mobile phone use in 1995 when rates are already increasing.””
...Mobile phones may be behind a surge in a deadly brain tumor, scientists say.
Or maybe not...
Don’t you just love it when the article directly contradicts the headline?
How many are home grown, and how many came to the UK for treatment?
And how do they rule out Chernobyl?
Do you think it would get as many clicks if the headline was “Studies inconclusive on link between cell phones and brain cancer”?
That bit about diagnosis rates is a key point.
Medical imaging techniques, particularly involving the brain, are infinitely better than they were twenty years ago.
Cell handsets have a max output of .6 watt.
If that is a problem we need to take a look at
our childrens’ walkie-talkies too.
This was talked about 20 years ago. I seldom use the phone against my head. I use the phone in conference mode or hands free in my cars.
We need to give every member of Congress two cell phones on an earmuff band.
My wife and I are going to die in a fiery car crash, so I do not fear my cell phone. Plus, I rarely make calls, and when I do, it’s usually in speaker mode.
“Mobile phones may be behind a surge in a deadly brain tumor, scientists say.”
More likely aliens, or Russia.
Good friend (75) dying of brain cancer...she was not a big cell phone user...FWIW
Except of course they aren’t. People have been holding magnets against their head for various reasons for a long time. Phones didn’t cause brain tumors. Headphones didn’t. And of course the modern cellphone hardly ever actually winds up against your head. It was junk science in the 90s and it’s still junk science today.
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