Mixed message on cancer from mobile phone use
David Goldstein
An international study set up to answer the long-running question of whether mobile phones increase cancer rates is unlikely to give the all-clear for people who have been using phones for longer than 10 years.
A radiation expert said yesterday that while the World Health Organisation’s Interphone study was expected to find no evidence of harm for people who had used a mobile phone for less than 10 years, longer-term use was harder to assess.
To read this report in The Australian in full, see:
www.theaustralian.com.au/news/mixed-message-on-mobile-use/story-e6frg8y6-1225799069023
Also see:
Brain tumour warning on phone use
A multinational study into the link between mobile phones and brain tumours could soon warn against heavy use exceeding several hours a day, a visiting radiation expert says.
www.theage.com.au/national/brain-tumour-warning-on-phone-use-20091117-ikck.html
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