Are cellphones bad for you? Research sends mixed signals on cellphone dangers
by Brie Zeltner | Flint Journal news service Sunday November 23, 2008, 2:31 AM
Flint Journal extra: Related article: Scientists divided over cellphone use; One group says cellphones increase cancer risk
We clip them to our belts or slip them in our pockets, manically text until our thumbs require medical attention, and are ditching the landline for them at a steady pace.
Statistically speaking, it's almost impossible to escape them.
With 262 million American wireless subscribers, we're very close to a cellphone democracy.
Almost 80 percent of American teens have a mobile device, mostly provided by a parent with safety in mind.
Mobile Phone Radiation to Unleash Epidemic of Brain Tumors
09/02/08
(NaturalNews) A new review of more than 100 studies on the safety of mobile phones has concluded that cellular devices are poised to cause an epidemic of brain tumors that will kill more people than smoking or asbestos.
The review was conducted by neurosurgeon Vini Khurana, who has received more than 14 awards in the past 16 years, who made headlines worldwide with his warnings. He called upon the industry to immediately work to reduce people's exposure to the radiation from mobile phones.
Remember the saccharin scare nearly four decades ago? Saccharin, a sugar substitute with a high level of sweetness, was discovered in 1879 by Constantine Fahlberg, a laboratory worker at the time.
Subsequently, its use as a sugar substitute came under suspicion as a cause for cancer.
The suspicion climaxed in the 1970s, when laboratory tests showed heavy use of the substance caused bladder cancer in mice. The tests were repudiated by more appropriate, reputable research.
Does using cell phones cause cancer? There is increasing evidence of an association between carcinomas and these devices, which, let’s face it, many of us use too much. A highly useful summary of recent findings on cell-phone use in the Aug. 8 The Week magazine (a superb weekly survey of news from around the world) has added to the anxiety about cell phones.
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