From Boing Boing - Today, I was surprised to see posts popping up on Twitter implying that the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research into Cancer had declared radiation from cell phones to be a cancer risk. As you've read here before, and as sources like the National Cancer Institute have reported, the evidence linking cell phone use and cancer risk is actually pretty slim. So I was waiting to hear about some new study or analysis. Instead, it looks like this is really a story about context.
The World Health Organization, cell phones, and cancer—what's actually going on
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
The World Health Organization, cell phones, and cancer—what's actually going on
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Whether this issue is true or not, the fact that we’re facing right now is that we can’t just stop using cellphones, cause it’s now part of our daily lives.
Mobile phones don't give you brain tumors. There is no mechanism by which they *could* give you brain tumors. It just simply cannot happen. Mobile phones do not make your brain heat up, except in as much as they get warm in use because they're drawing more power from the battery. Holding an insulated plastic box to your ear makes your brain heat up, because it insulates one side of your head. You'd be amazed how much heat your head radiates off. If you block that heat radiation, your head will warm up. This is how hats work.
Radiation from cell phones is a possible cause of cancer, according to the World Health Organization. Cell phones, which emit the same amount of radiation as a low powered microwave, were classified as a "possible carcinogenic" following a meeting of experts. The experts said that evidence exists to suggest prolonged use of cell phones may increase the risk of two types of tumor, acoustic neuroma and glioma.people must avoid too much exposure on it,for health’s sake.thanks for sharing this!
I think this is kind of issue is nonsense. The WHO is mistaken. Cell phones do not produce enough radioactive energy to do any damage. And as far as I know, no study has ever shown any negative impact from cell phone use. If there were any danger of cancer, we’d have seen a huge spike in such cancers given the increased cell phone usage over the last two decades. There has been none. I can’t explain the WHO announcement, but will wait for more know legible people to comment. Right now, I think its garbage.
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