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Published on Friday, April 6, 2012 by mcypen
Scientists are calling into question a study published last year that failed to find a link between cell phone use and brain tumors in children and teens. They say the study actually shows that cell phone use more than doubles the risk of brain tumors in children and adolescents.
The concerns come from the Environmental Health Trust, a group whose stated mission is t...
Published on Sunday, July 31, 2011 by mcypen
Brain tumors among cellphone users are not clustered within range of most of the radiation emitted from the devices, a new report from Finland finds - suggesting that mobile phones do not cause cancer.
Moreover, people who had used mobile phones for the longest amount of time, and spent the most time on the phones, were no more likely to experience tumors located...
Published on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by mcypen
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) that cell phones are "possibly carcinogenic to humans", having determined an increased risk for glioma, a rare but deadly malignant form of brain cancer, associated with cell phone use.
Experts said children are especially vulnerable, because their skulls and scalp...
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