[AGL] Hello? Hello???!!!

[Wayne Johnson]

Especiallly those of Swedish descent.

Rev. Bjornaagin
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> From foodconsumer.org
>
> Cell phone use raises brain tumor risk
>
> By David Liu Ph.D.
> Apr 1, 2006, 17:15
>
>
> April 1 (Foodconsumer.org) - Using a cell phone or mobile phone over a 
> long period raises the risk of malignant brain tumors, according to a new 
> Swedish study published in the International Archives of Occupational and 
> Environmental Health.
>
> The study found that heavy users of cell phones increased their risk of a 
> malignant brain tumor on the side of the head the phone is used by 240 
> percent.
>
> By heavy users, the authors referred to those who used a cell phone for 
> 2,000 hours or for one hour a day over a period of more than ten years.
>
> Previous studies have found no evidence suggesting that radiation from 
> cell phones is linked with elevated brain tumor risk although the damaging 
> effect of cell phone use has been suspected for long.
>
> In the current study, researchers at the Swedish National Institute for 
> Working Life compared cell phone use of 2,200 patients with malignant 
> tumors and an equal number of healthy control cases.
>
> Among the tumor patients aged 20 to 80, 905 had a malignant brain tumor, 
> one third of them were heavy users of cell phones.
>
> "Of these 905 cases, 85 were so-called high users of mobile phones, that 
> is they began early to use mobile and/or wireless telephones and used them 
> a lot," Reuters quoted the authors of the study in a statement issued by 
> the Institute.
>
> The study may have more say than some previous studies about the effect of 
> cell phones on the risk of brain tumors, according to Kjell Mild, lead 
> author of the current study, because this is the biggest study looking at 
> the long-term effect of the wireless phone.
>
> One study published last April by the American Academy of Neurology found 
> no link between use of mobile phones and brain tumors. That study found 
> that the risk of developing a brain tumor was not related to the frequency 
> of cell phone calls or the number of years they had been used.
>
> One drawback of that study is that few study participants regularly used 
> cell phone for more than 10 years. Short-term exposure to radiation from 
> cell phones and long-term development of a brain tumor may make it 
> impossible for the researchers to see any tumor-causing effect of cell 
> phones in such a study.
>
> Another weakness of the 2005 study is that the participants were 
> "hand-picked". The study is not a population-based cohort study. Bias can 
> not be avoided and the potential risk of cell phone use may be diluted out 
> by other factors.
>
> As with other studies of the same type, the current study also has its 
> limitations. For one thing, the study relied on data collected from 
> subjects through interviews, which may be subject to biases and errors 
> when someone recalled his use of cell phones.
>
> Dr. Lydia Zablotska, an epidemiologist at Columbia University's Mailman 
> School of Public Health, was quoted by New York Daily News as saying: 
> "You're interviewing subjects in an era when everyone has a suspicion that 
> cell phones may be harmful."
>
> Regardless, few scientists may deny the fact that cell phone radiation can 
> damage cells and potentially cause tumors. What needs to be clarified is 
> how much damage use of cell phones may cause in the brain, which can be 
> quite some task.
>
> With the continuing controversy over the safety of cell phone use, it's 
> only prudent for one at least not to overuse cell phone if he can't avoid 
> using cell phones. "The way to get the risk down is to use handsfree," 
> Mild told Reuters.
>
> Experts suggest children should avoid using cell phones whenever possible 
> because they are the people who are most vulnerable to the tumor risk than 
> adults.
>
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