Most Goanetters should know this. But in case someone does not, let me state the obvious. Reliable medical knowledge cannot be sought from the random claims made by lay journalists in newspapers and political activist websites screaming all kinds of world-wide conspiracies. As I have mentioned in my earlier posts in this and related threads, WHO and other international health agencies state that there is no clear evidence for a link between mobile phone use and cancer (Please see my most recent Goanet post at http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg73334.html). Human and animal studies have predominantly discounted any such link. This is also true of the WHO study misreported in the newspaper link provided by Ferdinando below. Here is the entire original article describing that study, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology:
http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/3/675.long I quote below the conclusion statement in this paper: QUOTE This is the largest study of the risk of brain tumours in relation to mobile phone use conducted to date and it included substantial numbers of subjects who had used mobile phones for ≥10 years. Overall, no increase in risk of either glioma or meningioma was observed in association with use of mobile phones. There were suggestions of an increased risk of glioma, and much less so meningioma, at the highest exposure levels, for ipsilateral exposures and, for glioma, for tumours in the temporal lobe. However, biases and errors limit the strength of the conclusions we can draw from these analyses and prevent a causal interpretation. UNQUOTE Cheers, Santosh --- On Tue, 2/15/11, Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <drferdina...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > RESPONSE: > Sorry Santosh, I do not need to be educated on falsehood. > We already have 40 > people in Goa who profess falsehood and give false > assurances to Goans on a > daily basis. They, like you believe: “INNOCENT until > proved guilty!” > > Santosh, I > regret I have to expose your ignorance on Goanet as you are > incapable of > giving responsible advice to layman on a public forum. I > would have preferred a > personal talk were it any other rational colleague. It must > be remembered that > medical professionals are duty bound to advise for > betterment of humanity and > not for their destruction. Whenever there are health risks, > one needs to advise > accordingly. Medical ethics do not permit giving false > assurances when health > risks are well documented. > > Is WHO a > irresponsible institution according to Santosh? Please read > here. Mobile phones > increase risk of cancer, WHO study says : > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3208416/Mobile-phones-increase-risk-of-cancer-study-says.html > > "Interphone > Study Reports on Mobile Phone Use and Brain Cancer Risk" > > > > The real > truth about the hazards, told by independent scientists. > Physicians and > Scientists for Responsible Application of Science and > Technology (PSRAST) > > http://www.psrast.org/mobileng/mobilstarteng.htm > > > > Subjective > symptoms, sleeping problems, and cognitive performance in > subjects living near > mobile phone base stations. Occup Environ Med. 2006 > May;63(5):307-13. U.S. > National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health > : > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16621850?dopt=Abstract > > > > AND LASTLY, > ALL GOANETTERS, PLEASE GO TO THIS SITE AND JUDGE FOR > YOURSELF: > > http://www.psrast.org/mobileng/mobilstarteng.htm#junk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html
