Peter,
A very interesting study. Science or psuedo-science? I would like to
read the details of the study to be sure. But the third paragraph under
'Notes to Editors' makes it appear to be a sound study. 966 people with
this cancer are compared to 1766 randomly (I assume) selected people.
The cell phone habits of both groups was determined and (again I assume)
found to be similar. They imply that no statistically significant cell
phone useage correlation was found between those with this cancer and
those without. It looks like a genuine attempt was made to falsify the
theory that there is a correlation.
I do note that they added some ad hoc explanations for some of the
results, and I quote:
A significantly increased risk was found for tumors which developed
on
the same side of the head as the phone was reported to have been
held
but this was mirrored by a decrease in the risk on the opposite side
of
the head making it difficult to interpret as a real effect.
This finding may be due to people with glioma brain tumors linking
mobile phone use to the side of the tumor and therefore over
reporting
the use of a phone on the same side as their tumor. This results in
under reporting use on the opposite side of the head, say the
authors.
Unless they have good evidence for this hypothesis then the study is
weakened considerably. Depending on the hypothesis they want to support
they can use or discard the evidence concerning the side of the head.
Dave Cuthbert
Micron Technology, Inc.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter
Tarver
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 10:05 AM
To: PSTC 1
Subject: cell phones and brain cancer
In following a link sent to the list for RoHS and EMI gaskets, I came
across the following link in the sidebar
http://www.icr.ac.uk/MobilePhoneGlioma.htm
Regards,
Peter L. Tarver, PE
[email protected]
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