Cell-Phone Radiation Risks: Why the Jury's Still Out

[Crabtownboy]

I have believed for many years that frequent use of cell phones is hazardous to a person's health.

On Sept. 9, the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a public-health advocacy, released a lengthy review of past research linking long-term or frequent cell-phone use with increased rates of brain tumors, migraines and kids' behavioral problems

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1925152,00.html

 

[KenH]

I just got an iPhone but I have never talked on my cell phone very much. I have averaged about five minutes a day over the past three years. I really like texting and using my iPhone as sort of like a mini-laptop.

 

[billwald]

Cell phones use the same sort of frequencies as microwave cookers. Maybe they only cook a few brain cells per call but over time . . . .

 

[Johnv]

The OP premise is flawed, and the EWG even acknowleges that there are problem with the data.

There are so many millions of cell phones being used, and usage goes back up to 30 years, that one would expect a noticeably higher rate of brain cancers if they were a contributor. JAMA and New England Journal of Medicine have reported on the topic numerous times over the years, and have never found an established connection between cancers and cell phones. Solar radiation is many times that of cell phone radiation, even in an indoor space.

 

[billwald]

Maybe losing brain cells doesn't cause cancer, only make people stupider. That could explain much of politics these days. <G>

 

[Robert Snow]

Maybe losing brain cells doesn't cause cancer, only make people stupider. That could explain much of politics these days. <G>

I guess George W. Bush must have spent a lot of time on a cell phone! :laugh:

 

[targus]

I guess George W. Bush must have spent a lot of time on a cell phone! :laugh:

Are you like six years old or something?

 

[Robert Snow]

Are you like six years old or something?

If you don't like what I say ignore it! Or, are you like a six year old, always having to say something in return.

I guess it upsets you to be reminded of just how inept Bush was as president.

 

[targus]

If you don't like what I say ignore it! Or, are you like a six year old, always having to say something in return.

I guess it upsets you to be reminded of just how inept Bush was as president.

No, it doesn't upset me.

I find your pointless, inane, off topic posts to be amusing.

They serve to remind me of the type of intellectual support that the libs/dems have.

 

[matt wade]

No, it doesn't upset me.

I find your pointless, inane, off topic posts to be amusing.

They serve to remind me of the type of intellectual support that the libs/dems have.

He can't help it targus...he was one of the front runners on using cell phones.

 

[Robert Snow]

He can't help it targus...he was one of the front runners on using cell phones.

On the contrary, I seldom use my cell phone to talk on. I just enjoy the many applications the I-phone has.

 

[matt wade]

On the contrary, I seldom use my cell phone to talk on. I just enjoy the many applications the I-phone has.

WHOOSH...

Yes, that was the sound of the joke flying over your head.

 

[Robert Snow]

WHOOSH...

Yes, that was the sound of the joke flying over your head.

Why are so caustic? I knew you were joking, as was I in my previous posting. I thought both were funny. :laugh: