It is important to provide a comprehensive and accurate view of the present understanding on any public health topic. The article cited below refers to a rehashed post-hoc analysis of two old case control studies conducted to milk out some result where there is none. "Exposures were assessed by questionnaire" is all you need to know to have serious concerns about what is being reported. If anybody wants to understand why that is the case, I would be happy to provide an explanation. The author of this article is the only person who repeatedly claims that there is some link between brain tumors and cell phones. All other researchers in the field who have conducted much larger, more significant and more properly conducted studies have failed to find any such link. To those who understand the science behind cell phone radiation the reason for this absence of link is obvious.
Cell phone use has increased 300% since 2000, but there has not been even the slightest increase in the incidence of glioma, the brain tumor that is referred to in the article below. In fact, if I remember correctly there has been a slight decline. Cheers, Santosh Jose Colaco wrote: Dear all, I am not even a minimal expert on this BUT, I thought that I'd post this anyway - for what it's worth. Whatever the scientific theories, I advise my clients to use mic/earphones, and speakers (esp while driving) when using cell phones to communicate. Medscape Medical News > Neurology Long-Term Cell Phone Use Linked to Brain Tumor Risk Pauline Anderson November 13, 2014 Long-term use of both mobile and cordless phones is associated with an increased risk for glioma, the most common type of brain tumor, the latest research on the subject concludes. The new study shows that the risk for glioma was tripled among those using a wireless phone for more than 25 years and that the risk was also greater for those who had started using mobile or cordless phones before age 20 years. "Doctors should be very concerned by this and discuss precautions with their patients," study author Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD, professor, Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden, told Medscape Medical News. Such precautions, he said, include using hands-free phones with the "loud speaker" feature and text messaging instead of phoning. The study was published online October 28 in Pathophysiology.
