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Mobile Phone Use Not Related to Increased Brain Cancer Risk, UK Study Suggests

Feb 17, 2011 19:33

Radio frequency exposure from mobile phone use does not appear to increase the risk of developing brain cancers by any significant amount, a study by University of Manchester scientists suggests ( Read more... )

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hushpiper February 18 2011, 01:26:55 UTC

I thought cell phones were supposed to increase sensitivity to radio frequencies, not cancer risk. I recall reading about people developing hypersensitivity to things as innocuous as microwaves and power lines. Or am I just imagining things?

ninasafiri February 18 2011, 01:58:47 UTC

Ah, I hadn't heard of this. That sounds really interesting!

gmonkey42 February 18 2011, 02:11:57 UTC

I thought sensitivity to EMFs wasn't proven.

hushpiper February 18 2011, 03:50:27 UTC

Heck if I know. You're probably right, considering most of what I read was, iirc, anecdotal evidence, but I don't remember where I found the info. OP's article just reminded me of it, is all.

electric_kite February 18 2011, 01:30:20 UTC

this is disappointing news.
i was seriously hoping brain tumors would be the karma
for all the morons who drive while on their cell phones
who almost crash into my car on a daily basis. ugh.

escherichiacola February 18 2011, 01:57:57 UTC

There's few things I can't stand more than people who drive and talk on their cell phones.

electric_kite February 18 2011, 04:20:55 UTC

its one of my biggest pet peeves. the only thing worse is texting
and driving. so many teenagers die because of it, and they still
do it. like, cool, checking your notifications is worth your life?
really? really?

gmonkey42 February 18 2011, 02:12:24 UTC

It was made illegal here (CA) but people still do it all the time. I hate it.

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ameliorate23 February 18 2011, 01:36:55 UTC

I thought microwaves were the supposed health risk, not the radio waves.

Then again, I don't have much of a background in things like this.

angelus7988 February 18 2011, 18:38:05 UTC

I think a lot of it is people with minimal knowledge of science going "Radiation causes cancer. Microwaves and radio waves are radiation. Therefore, microwave oven and mobile phones cause cancer!"

gmonkey42 February 18 2011, 02:10:55 UTC

That's cool. Cell-phones-cause-cancer is one of those things so many people assume is true, it's good that they're actually testing it.

silly_cakes February 18 2011, 04:49:58 UTC

I thought they use microwaves? And have been for a long time?