Is Your Mobile Phone Killing You?
Well…I hope not but according to reports, a much-anticipated, yet unreleased report from the World Health Organization will show a significantly increased risk of some brain tumors related to use of mobile phones for a period of 10 years or more.
From CNN:
Last summer, Dr. Ronald Herberman, then director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, issued a warning to about 3,000 faculty and staff, listing steps to avoid harmful electromagnetic radiation from cell phones. This included keeping the phone away from the body as much as possible and not allowing children to use cell phones except in emergencies.
Studies that looked at people who had used cell phones 10 years or longer tended to find the strongest risk of tumors. Researchers found that cell phone users had a 10 percent to 30 percent higher risk than people who barely, if ever, used this technology.
A telling feature of the findings in the stronger studies was that the side of the head against which people held their cell phones was highly correlated with the location of tumors, said Joel Moskowitz, director of the Center for Family and Community Health at the University of California, Berkeley.
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November 11, 2009 at 1:21 am
I’ve heard this, along with other Health Risks associated with Cell-Phone use. Makes me think mostly of all the little Kids I see nowadays, already
“Starting Early”… walking-around, on their Phones, and the potential Damage it can and may cause them later, at still a Young Age. I know alot of People have to use their Cell more than others in certain Every-day Life and Work, but I also know there are tons of Adults and Teenagers alike who can’t Live without them “Glued to their Ear”, just Chatting about nothing for long periods of Time. It’s kind of Scary what can happen.