Study: Ten Minutes On Cell Phone Can Trigger Cancer

CNet News Blog   |   August 31, 2007 03:07 PM


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Just when you thought it was safe to talk on your cell phone.

Now some scientists say there is a chance that talking on a mobile phone for as little as 10 minutes could trigger changes in the brain that are associated with cancer, according to a story published on Thursday by the The Daily Mail.

The article said that researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel discovered that exposure to even low levels of radiation from mobile handsets could interfere with how brain cells divide, thus causing tumors.

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Cancer?

To me, it isn't a question of "if."

It is simply a question of "what kind" and "when."

Live happy in the meantime.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 PM on 09/03/2007
- fantagor I'm a Fan of fantagor 18 fans permalink

So does this mean that those jerkoffs talking on their cell phones while driving will perhaps die of brain cancer sooner than later?

Good.

Randy (a hater of self-important a-holes who MUST talk and drive at the same time)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:12 PM on 09/03/2007
- TrishR I'm a Fan of TrishR 6 fans permalink

Gee, I use my cell for more than 10 minutes at a time, and my brain is f#$%*@@...­.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:57 AM on 09/03/2007

The Daily Mail. Please.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:11 PM on 09/01/2007
- Jason357 I'm a Fan of Jason357 8 fans permalink

Just one more attempt to make people afraid to live. The press loves this stuff about taking something so common and saying it's going to create great pain in your life. "Drinking water Found to Make Penis Fall Off." It creates an environment of constant fear and instabilit­y...consta­ntly taunting people with fear. It gets people to read and pay attention, and that's all big media wants. Serving the public has nothing to do with anything.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:43 AM on 09/01/2007

agreed

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:03 PM on 09/02/2007

Welcome to this decade's asbestos and tobacco battles. Given the ubiquity of cell phones, electromagnetic radiation has got to be the number one global cause of preventable cancer.

Just wait until they start putting those RFID chips under your skin, then every human with an identity in the system will be a walking timebomb of illness and cancer.

Sad really how the technologies that are supposedly supposed to "save" us are the very ones that are killing us. Sad really.

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Doctor parkinson declared Im not surprised to see you here
Youve got smokers cough from smoking, brewers droop from drinking beer
I dont know how you came to get the betty davis knees
But worst of all young man youve got industrial disease
He wrote me a prescription he said you are depressed
But Im glad you came to see me to get this off your chest
Come back and see me later - next patient please
Send in another victim of industrial disease

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/dire+straits/industrial+disease_20040724.html

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:57 AM on 09/01/2007
- Spud777 I'm a Fan of Spud777 7 fans permalink

The problem is these devices emit non-ionizing radiation. It is emitted by cell phones, CB radios’s, walkie talkies ets. It has been proven to cause cancer (hidden by makers of these products to maintain sales).
I do not know how to protect yourself from this problem except perhaps follow the next two recomendations: 1: (very obvious)limit use of these devices and 2: perhaps use external devices like headsets. The radiation comes from the device’s antennae. Try as much as possible to keep it away from your brain head). Good luck and God bless:

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:11 AM on 09/01/2007
- avicenna I'm a Fan of avicenna 23 fans permalink
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This should be more of a "living now" article then a business one... anyhow, different models of cell phones emit different levels of electromagnetic radiation (EMF) which were found to induce cell division. CNET has an updated list of models with the highest and lowest levels of radiation - http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-5020357-1.html

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:04 AM on 09/01/2007

And how long does it take a video screen to trigger it?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:55 PM on 08/31/2007
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