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Comments on: New study links cell phone usage to cancer

Israeli scientists suggest that as little as 10 minutes on a cell phone could trigger brain cells to split abnormally, which could cause cancerous tumors.

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Are there other possible cancer risks?
by scifidaddyo August 31, 2007 11:22 AM PDT
Is there a concern about risk of other types of cancer (i.e. kidney, prostate, colon etc.)if the person has their cell phone cliped to their belt/clothes and talk using a bluetooth or wired headset? With the increased popularity of wireless headsets, the phone has to be close by somewhere.
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Too early to access cancer risk.
by Dr.Sturley September 1, 2007 7:42 AM PDT
In the coming years there could be a huge increase in various forms of cancer directly related to the use of mobile devices.
But at the moment we simply cannot tell how serious this may become. Much of the evidence is purely anecdotal at present. I call to mind the scare stories about BSE ten years ago which do not seem to have come true...yet.
The type of language such as frying the brain may be just typical of ignorance breeding the worst kind of fears but there does seem to be evidence of mobile masts casuing disturbances to people living nearby.
If it the fears turn out to be justified it will no doubt affect almost everyone in the world as there are now more mobile phones then there are human beings!
Dr.Ann Sturley
Fight Against Lung Cancer
Sounds about right
by wildchild_plasma_gyro August 31, 2007 1:00 PM PDT
electricity is part of chemistry.
chemistry is the workings of organic life.
So yes its survival that rules who gets cancer or not from the high levels of man made EMF these days.
Oh and we all no that only too well.
Will this research push for more funding into safer developments of Electromagnetic use or will it just be sweeped under the carpet again with some Japanese firm pushing for the days of emensly powerful super watt 10G while scaring off all the challangers with a problem with that?

just when will it change, how many more cancer cases will have to arise at unprecedented rates.
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Put The Risk In Context
by zanzzz September 3, 2007 9:16 AM PDT
While it might be possible that exposure to cellphone radiation increases cancer risk chances are it is a very slight risk. Most of us are bathed in a near constant mix of electromagnetic radiation from many sources and the known risks are extremely low. If you smoke, eat a poor diet, are greatly over weight, or drive without a seatbelt your health risk from these factors are at least a magnitude greater than from non ionized radiation exposure.
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Nu? is it harmful or not???
by Hardrada September 4, 2007 9:03 AM PDT
Second paragraph says radiation causes tumors. Third paragraph says it's unlikely to cause cancer.

So, what is it?

Alex Wieder
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Taking your money, and your health
by Westenhaus February 7, 2008 10:50 AM PST
The human body and brain run on subtle electrical signals. It is folly to make the assumption that holding a device which emits thousands, perhaps millions or more, times that energy in electromagnetic, information carrying, pulsed microwave radiation, is "safe".

How many times have you heard the "official" story - "the radiation is non ionizing - it doesn't heat your tissue, so it is harmless" - wa-hey, talk all you want, right? B.S.

This "theory" ignores what I have outlined above.

The following have been attributed to damage caused by the radiation from wireless devices:

Brain cancer
Throat cancer
Eye cancer
Cancers of the mouth
Sleep disorders
Fatigue
Difficulty focusing
Behavioral disorders
Autism spectrum disorder
Leukemia
Fibromyalgia
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Memory problems
Internal bleeding
Temporary blackouts
Restless leg syndrome
Tingling
Tinnitus (Ringing in the ears)
Blood-brain barrier leakage
Parkinson's and other neurological disorders
Headaches
Depression
Diabetes
Reproductive abnormalities
Genetic damage, inherited by future generations
...Etc.

This is a time bomb. All "safe" studies are industry funded. They want your money. Do all of these "reassurances" sound unnervingly like what was said about tobacco, DDT, asbestos, lead, and all such "indispensable" innovations? Let's see... convenience, or LIFE? Choose wisely.

http://www.safewireless.org/
http://www.bioinitiative.org/
http://www.mastsanity.org/
http://www.microwavenews.com/
http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/
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Tip of the Berg
by professor_ed March 31, 2008 10:27 AM PDT
Before you naysay any links of cell phone use to cancer: PLEASE READ: 1) Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel discovered that exposure to even low levels of radiation from mobile handsets could interfere with how brain cells divide, thus causing tumors. 2) Stanford University and Integrated Laboratory Systems in Research Triangle Park, NC found chromosomal changes in blood cells subjected to the same type of electromagnetic radiation emitted by hand-held cell phones. 3)Dr. Sadetzki, a physician, epidemiologist and lecturer at Tel Aviv University, published the results of a study recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology, in which she and her colleagues found that heavy cell phone users were subject to a higher risk of benign and malignant tumors of the salivary gland. 4)DTX pulse frequency at 2 Hz and the TDMA frequency of 8·34 Hz correspond to frequencies of electrical oscillations found in the human brain, specifically the delta and alpha brain-waves, respectively. It is thus quite possible that living organisms have a two-fold sensitivity to the pulsed GSM signal--ie, to both the microwave carrier and the lower frequency pulsing of the TDMA and DTX signals. These and other studies suggest that not only does heavy cell phone use cause detrimental changes in users brain tissue,but also we maybe well into a virtual epidemic of EMF caused illnesses.
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Worth the Risk? You decide!
by professor_ed March 31, 2008 10:34 AM PDT
Before you naysay any links of cell phone use to cancer: PLEASE READ: 1) Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel discovered that exposure to even low levels of radiation from mobile handsets could interfere with how brain cells divide, thus causing tumors. 2) Stanford University and Integrated Laboratory Systems in Research Triangle Park, NC found chromosomal changes in blood cells subjected to the same type of electromagnetic radiation emitted by hand-held cell phones. 3)Dr. Sadetzki, a physician, epidemiologist and lecturer at Tel Aviv University, published the results of a study recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology, in which she and her colleagues found that heavy cell phone users were subject to a higher risk of benign and malignant tumors of the salivary gland. 4)DTX pulse frequency at 2 Hz and the TDMA frequency of 8·34 Hz correspond to frequencies of electrical oscillations found in the human brain, specifically the delta and alpha brain-waves, respectively. It is thus quite possible that living organisms have a two-fold sensitivity to the pulsed GSM signal--ie, to both the microwave carrier and the lower frequency pulsing of the TDMA and DTX signals. These and other studies suggest that not only does heavy cell phone use cause detrimental changes in users brain tissue,but also we maybe well into a virtual epidemic of EMF caused illnesses.
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by deepakp9 January 28, 2009 7:02 PM PST
Sci­en­tists claim to have found a link be­tween heavy cell phone us­age and can­cer of the sal­i­vary gland. The re­search­ers sug­gest peo­ple use hands-free cell phones to avoid a risk.

<b>http://cancerof.blogspot.com</b>
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