Using Mobile Phone does not increase cancer risk

[ThomWV]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8685839.stm

"Using a mobile phone does not appear to increase the risk of developing certain types of brain cancer, the largest study of its kind has concluded.

Analysis of more than 10,000 people by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found no relationship between years of use and risk.

There is no known biological mechanism by which mobiles could cause cancer, but there has been public concern.

More at link ...

[aquart]

1. Uh, not so fast...

"But they also dismissed as problematic the finding that at the other extreme end of the spectrum those using the phone for the longest cumulative periods, more than 1,640 hours, appeared to have a higher risk, regardless of over what period of time this was spread. This was as much as 40% higher for glioma, and 15% higher for meningioma."

Nearly 50 cancer patients reported using their phone more than five hours every day of the week, with 10 recalling that they had used it for 12 hours each day.

"It's not impossible that people were using their phones for this long, but it is highly unlikely," said Professor Anthony Swerdlow of the Institute of Cancer Research, which carried out one of the two UK arms of the study.

Bullshit. We ALL know people who use the phone that much. Who are GLUED to the phone.

[NeedleCast]

4. "We ALL know people who use the phone that much"

I honestly don't. Even people I know who tend to use the phone a lot are only on it for 6-8 hours a day and that's usually on landlines/headsets where mobile phones are not an issue.

[johnnie]

2. Unless you use it...

...while smoking.

[IntravenousDemilo]

3. Oh well, there are always fatal car accidents caused by inattentiveness to take up the slack.

That manages to kill off a few mobile users every day throughout the world.

[damntexdem]

5. Well, at least there's no proof that it does.

But that IS a relief.