Cell phones and brain cancer

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Is this what caused Ryan Leaf's downfall?

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WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk

By Danielle Dellorto, CNN

May 31, 2011 1:49 p.m. EDT

 

(CNN) -- Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.

 

Before its announcement Tuesday, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health effects had been established.

 

A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."

 

What that means is they found some evidence of increase in glioma and acoustic neuroma brain cancer for mobile phone users, but have not been able to draw conclusions for other types of cancers.

 

"The biggest problem we have is that we know most environmental factors take several decades of exposure before we really see the consequences," said Dr. Keith Black, chairman of neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

 

The type of radiation coming out of a cell phone is called non-ionizing. It is not like an X-ray, but more like a very low-powered microwave oven.

 

"What microwave radiation does in most simplistic terms is similar to what happens to food in microwaves, essentially cooking the brain," Black said. "So in addition to leading to a development of cancer and tumors, there could be a whole host of other effects like cognitive memory function, since the memory temporal lobes are where we hold our cell phones."

 

Wireless industry responded to Tuesday's announcement saying it "does not mean cell phones cause cancer." CTIA-The Wireless Association added that WHO researchers "did not conduct any new research, but rather reviewed published studies."

 

The European Environmental Agency has pushed for more studies, saying cell phones could be as big a public health risk as smoking, asbestos and leaded gasoline. The head of a prominent cancer-research institute at the University of Pittsburgh sent a memo to all employees urging them to limit cell phone use because of a possible risk of cancer.

 

"When you look at cancer development -- particularly brain cancer -- it takes a long time to develop. I think it is a good idea to give the public some sort of warning that long-term exposure to radiation from your cell phone could possibly cause cancer," said Dr. Henry Lai, research professor in bioengineering at University of Washington who has studied radiation for more than 30 years.

 

Results from the largest international study on cell phones and cancer was released in 2010. It showed participants in the study who used a cell phone for 10 years or more had doubled the rate of brain glioma, a type of tumor. To date, there have been no long-term studies on the effects of cell phone usage among children.

 

"Children's skulls and scalps are thinner. So the radiation can penetrate deeper into the brain of children and young adults. Their cells are at a dividing faster rate, so the impact of radiation can be much larger." said Black of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

 

In February, a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, revealed radiation emitted after just 50 minutes on a mobile phone increases the activity in brain cells. The effects of brain activity being artificially stimulated are still unknown.

 

Neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta says Tuesday's announcement, "dealt a blow to those who have long said, 'There is no possible mechanism for cell phones to cause cancer.' By classifying cell phones as a possible carcinogen, they also seem to be tacitly admitting a mechanism could exist."

 

Manufacturers of many popular cell phones already warn consumers to keep their device away from their body.

[Gepetto 1,454]

I had heard something new regarding cell phones and cancer had been released to the public. Thanks for posting this.

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I had heard something new regarding cell phones and cancer had been released to the public. Thanks for posting this.

Did Lyle Alzado have a cell?

 

As a cyclist I'm not a big fan of cell phones. I'd be grateful if this kept a few drivers from almost running me over while attached to their cell. But people will likely just text more, to keep the carcinogens at arms length.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Did Lyle Alzado have a cell?

 

As a cyclist I'm not a big fan of cell phones. I'd be grateful if this kept a few drivers from almost running me over while attached to their cell. But people will likely just text more, to keep the carcinogens at arms length.

 

Or you could just buy a focking car like a grown up.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,598]

Blondes have something to fall back on now for their stupidity. And not their backs.

 

Water causes cancer also. And rubbers. And diet cokes. And cotton. And wedding rings. And Mammas anus being so close the cavity in which you were expelled from.

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If this is true, I'm so focked. I haven't had a land line in about 10 years.

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This just in: Life has been reclassified as a terminal disease; a 0% chance of survivability. 100% fatal.

 

Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming....

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I think you're stupid if you don't change your own and your families cell phone usage if you use a cell phone regularly.

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http://lifebluetube.com/

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Is this a new study, or to they just pull out the same one every 6 months or so to scare the dumb masses?

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I'm a hypochondriac hippie that eats organic foods and looks at labels on detergents/sunscreens/soaps etc.

 

And even I'm not worried about cell phones.

 

Move along......

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I have a theory on this......

 

I think we scare up all these new diseases, cancers, etc.....all in an effort to get more 5k walks and sell wristbands.

 

I mean every kid now is either autistic, has peanut butter allergies or is ADHD. How many effing kids when you were young had these?

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I have a theory on this......

 

I think we scare up all these new diseases, cancers, etc.....all in an effort to get more 5k walks and sell wristbands.

 

I mean every kid now is either autistic, has peanut butter allergies or is ADHD. How many effing kids when you were young had these?

 

Exactly right.

[Drizzay 745]

I have a theory on this......

 

I think we scare up all these new diseases, cancers, etc.....all in an effort to get more 5k walks and sell wristbands.

 

I mean every kid now is either autistic, has peanut butter allergies or is ADHD. How many effing kids when you were young had these?

 

I was just reading an article about how the Susan G Kommen Race For The Cure was nothing but a racket and only 20% of funds were going to research.

 

They got us coming and going. Do this, don't do that, eat this, stay away from that...

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I have a theory on this......

 

I think we scare up all these new diseases, cancers, etc.....all in an effort to get more 5k walks and sell wristbands.

 

I mean every kid now is either autistic, has peanut butter allergies or is ADHD. How many effing kids when you were young had these?

 

I have seen dozens of these releases over the decades:

 

When I was a kid I played with "Army Men" made out of lead. They where neat because you could bend the rifles to shoot around corners.

 

In science class we were allow to play with mercury. We would break it into balls and play a game like marbles only when you hit another mercury "marble" it absorb it. We also shined our dimes with it.

 

Last year someone dropped and broke a bottle of mercury in a local school. The school was shut down for 3 days for decontamination. People were very frightened.

 

Right now you would think a lot of baby boomers would be dying of this. Of course we are all still alive because we waited an hour after eating before we would swim.

 

Remember that a frightened public is easier to control than a happy public.

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I'm a hypochondriac hippie that eats organic foods and looks at labels on detergents/sunscreens/soaps etc.

 

And even I'm not worried about cell phones.

 

Move along......

 

Yeah, from what I heard there isn't an increase in the specific kind of cancer linked to cell phones in proportion to the increase in cell phone use. So, I'm not too worried.

 

ALOT more people are killed by distracted drivers using cell phones than this kind of cancer.

 

"I don't give a fock who the hell you are

Please stop shouting in your cellular

I never asked to be part of your day

So please stop shouting in your phone OK?"

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AhQKfUDw5M