Use Of Cellphones Linked With Brain Cancer In Massive Study
 

Use Of Cellphones Linked With Brain Cancer In Massive Study

A new study out of Sweden indicates that talking on cellphones and even cordless phones can be related to a certain form of brain cancer.

The study, published in the journal Pathophysiology in October, analyzed the results of 1,498 cases of people with malignant brain tumours and 3,530 controls to determine whether phone use had any effect on their cancer.

In their findings, it appeared that the longer a person used a cell or cordless phone, the more likely they were to get become gliomas, a type of tumour found in the brain or spinal cord that is malignant in 80 per cent of cases, according to WebMD.

?The risk is three times higher after 25 years of use. We can see this clearly,? the study's lead researcher, Dr. Lennart Hardell, told Reuters.

Those who had only been using a cell or cordless phone for less than a year were at the least amount of risk, while those who used their phone on the same side of the body (or "ipsilaterally") for many years had the highest odds for brain cancer.

The cause for concern with cellphones comes from the radiofrequency energy, a type of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the phones, explains the National Cancer Institute. These waves can then be absorbed by the tissues of the brain, and it is not yet understood how this may or may not affect the development of cancer.

Dr. Gabriel Zada, a neurosurgeon in California, noted to Reuters that children could be particularly at risk due to having smaller heads, thinner skulls and higher brain conductivity.

Earlier this year, a study from France found similar results about cellphone use and glioma, though the results in that study showed tumours developing on the opposite side of the brain, reported The Atlantic's The Wire.

As of October, the International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified cellphones as "possibly carcinogenic," according to the World Health Organization, which is planning for a further study into health outcomes from phones by 2016.

Use Of Cellphones Linked With Brain Cancer In Massive Study

dam, let me keep my phone away from my head

Next they'll be telling us again that eggs raise cholesterol.

If this is really true, just imagine how fucked kids will be when they're older since they start using at such a young age.

blue tooth earpiece for the cancer-free win

hold up... will my ass get cancer if I keep the phone in my pocket?

"start using" :) sounds about right. damn cell phone addicts

Ok ........

I used 12 minutes of actual talk time on my phone last month.

We will see in upcoming years

I usually use a wire headset. Hope it helps.

Well,i dont know now does it cause cancer,but some people can get serious headache if they use it too much.

I use a shit ton of minutes as unlimited and lot of family in Florida. Do use...

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so should cut my radiation levels down. :2 cents: