Cell phone use and cancer research continues
November 6, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Do you have a cell phone? I do, my three kids do, although they’re hardly kids at 17, 19, and 21. Am I concerned about their use of the phone. Yes and no. I have noticed that they don’t tend to have long conversations on their phones but, rather, they do a lot of texting. That may result in sore thumbs, but it helps reduce any concern I may have about the connection between cell phones and brain cancer.
So, does cell phone use cause brain cancer? One study says yes, another says no. Then a while later, another couple of studies come out with opposite findings. So, who is right? According to a new study that’s going on in Sweden, the studies that say cell phones cause cancer are right.
The Swedish study has found that it is long-term use – over several years – that is the highest risk for cancer and they don’t stop there. They are also saying that the land-line cordless phones cause the same problem.
That all being said, other researchers are saying that if cell phones and cordless phones caused brain cancer, considering the ever increasing number of cell phones in the world, would the brain cancer rate be off the charts by now?
What do you think? Do you have a cell phone? Do you worry about kids using cell phones?
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Cancer comes from damage to DNA. To affect DNA, em radiation has to have a certain minimum frequency — ultraviolet (UV).
Cell phones operate off radio waves. The human body produces higher frequency radiation — infrared (IR). We are surrounded by higher frequencies still — visible light.
The frequency range is:
radio – IR – light – UV – X/gamma-rays
Statistics only show correlation, not causation. Someone’s got to show that radio waves can affect human DNA before I’ll believe cell phones can cause cancer.