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Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'
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Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'
Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation
Young people are at particular risk from exposure to radiation
[ Hermit : We are not good at estimating long term risks, even when the longterm is as short as ten years. It has always been worrying that electrical engineers were 50% more prone to certain types of brain tumors than the general population. The evidence seems to be accumulating that cellphones may be far worse than initially thought. As radiation reduces by an the inverse square law, small distances make a big difference. My strong recommendation is to use a voice pipe (non electrical) or bluetooth headset (and keep the phone away from your body) to minimize radiation exposure ]
Source: The Independent
Authors: Geoffrey Lean
Dated: 2008-03-30
Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry must take "immediate steps" to reduce exposure to their radiation.
The study, by Dr Vini Khurana, is the most devastating indictment yet published of the health risks.
It draws on growing evidence – exclusively reported in the IoS in October – that using handsets for 10 years or more can double the risk of brain cancer. Cancers take at least a decade to develop, invalidating official safety assurances based on earlier studies which included few, if any, people who had used the phones for that long.
Earlier this year, the French government warned against the use of mobile phones, especially by children. Germany also advises its people to minimise handset use, and the European Environment Agency has called for exposures to be reduced.
Professor Khurana – a top neurosurgeon who has received 14 awards over the past 16 years, has published more than three dozen scientific papers – reviewed more than 100 studies on the effects of mobile phones. He has put the results on a brain surgery website, and a paper based on the research is currently being peer-reviewed for publication in a scientific journal.
He admits that mobiles can save lives in emergencies, but concludes that "there is a significant and increasing body of evidence for a link between mobile phone usage and certain brain tumours". He believes this will be "definitively proven" in the next decade.
Noting that malignant brain tumours represent "a life-ending diagnosis", he adds: "We are currently experiencing a reactively unchecked and dangerous situation." He fears that "unless the industry and governments take immediate and decisive steps", the incidence of malignant brain tumours and associated death rate will be observed to rise globally within a decade from now, by which time it may be far too late to intervene medically.
"It is anticipated that this danger has far broader public health ramifications than asbestos and smoking," says Professor Khurana, who told the IoS his assessment is partly based on the fact that three billion people now use the phones worldwide, three times as many as smoke. Smoking kills some five million worldwide each year, and exposure to asbestos is responsible for as many deaths in Britain as road accidents.
Late last week, the Mobile Operators Association dismissed Khurana's study as "a selective discussion of scientific literature by one individual". It believes he "does not present a balanced analysis" of the published science, and "reaches opposite conclusions to the WHO and more than 30 other independent expert scientific reviews". [ Hermit : With evidence accumulating, the industry is setting itself up for tobacco company sized litigation. ]
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Re:Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'
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Cell phones may cause serious health issues
Source: Heartyland Connection
Authors: Ashley Smith
Dated: 2009-09-09
Refer also: [ Church of Virus,BBS,General,Science & Technology,Avoid any use of cell phones while pregnant! ]
You may want to think twice before buying a new cell phone. That’s because Fact Finder discovered cell phones can cause serious long-term health issues. Scientists at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) have uncovered frightening facts in their recent studies.
“Long-term uses of cell phones may have a risk of two different kinds of cancer: brain cancer and celluloid lung cancer as well as potentially some other health effects,” said EWG Senior Scientist Olga Naidenko, Ph.D.
Naidenko said children are at the highest risk for exposure because their brains are still developing and they have a higher water content.
“The skulls of children are much thinner compared to adults so when a child would use the same phone as an adult, the brain of a child would absorb much more radiation compared to an adult,” said Naidenko.
Fact Finder learned the good news the serious health risks such as brain tumors are rare. But scientists say you should avoid cell phones with a higher risk of radiation. They also recommend using a headset or speaker phone when possible.
EWG’s top 10 phones, based on low emissions:[1] Samsung Impression (SGH-a877) [AT&T]
[2] Motorola RAZR V8 [CellularONE]
[3] Samsung SGH-t229 [T-Mobile]
[4] Samsung Rugby (SGH-a837) [AT&T]
[5] Samsung Propel Pro (SGH-i627) [AT&T]
[6] Samsung Gravity (SGH-t459) [CellularONE, T-Mobile]
[7] T-Mobile Sidekick [T-Mobile]
[8] LG Xenon (GR500) [AT&T]
[9] Motorola Karma QA1 [AT&T]
[10] Sanyo Katana II [Kajeet]
EWG’s list of highest radiation phones:[1] Motorola MOTO VU204 [Verizon Wireless]
[2] T-Mobile myTouch 3G [T-Mobile]
[3] Kyocera Jax S1300 [Virgin Mobile]
[4] Blackberry Curve 8330 [Sprint, U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless, MetroPCS]
[5] Motorola W385 [U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless]
[6] T-Mobile Shadow [T-Mobile]
[7] Motorola C290 [Sprint, Kajeet]
[8] Motorola i335 [Sprint]
[9] Motorola MOTO VE240 [Cricket, MetroPCS]
[10] Blackberry Bold 9000 [AT&T]
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