Cell Phones, Cancer and You

Here’s some good news for all of us who are tragically glued to our mobile phones: According to a new study, there may be reason to doubt the alarming cell-phones-cause-cancer theory, but it should be noted that this study was funded in part by the mobile industry. –KA

BBC:

The overall rate of brain cancer has not risen in countries where use has long been prevalent — like Sweden, and studies have mostly found no evidence of an increased risk. This latest research is consistent with this.

The 20m euro (£17m) Interphone study, which received some funding from the mobile industry, involved more than 5,000 men and women from 13 countries who had been diagnosed with one of two types of brain cancer — glioma and meningioma – between 2000 and 2004.

These cancers, both rare, were judged to be among the most likely to be influenced by phone use.

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