Largest-Ever Study On Cancer and Cellphones Finds "No Increase in Risk"

I would like to correct a statement from this article. The author writes that this result "is in line with the majority of other published studies, which also observed no increased risk of brain tumors" associated with cell phone radiation. In reality, most/all studies funded by the wireless industry found no risk. The vast majority of studies which had independent research funding, concluded that cell phone radiation is associated with serious and severe health effects. It is not by mere chance that most countries worldwide are taking steps to prevent children under 16 from using cell phones, since it is already widely known from peer-reviewed studies that cell phone radiation affects children more severely than adults, and children absorb more of the emitted radiation. The Interphone study received a vast amount of funding from the wireless industry, including (but not only) mobile phone licensing fees. One has to seriously consider whether a study that is heavily funded by the wireless industry would be able to reveal any harmful effects of the wireless devices. We need independent studies, which are able to objectively address and examine science, not propaganda studies that are heavily biased due to competing financial interests. The Interphone study has several major design flaws, one of which is the fact that it did not even examine exposure in children, who are one of the most sensitive segments of the population. As it stands now, many independent peer reviewed studies reveal serious adverse effects from radiofrequency exposure, and the press should cover this aspect too, because it is the scientific truth - even though, for many, the inconvenient one.

I read about similar studies in the past. The first question I always ask - who paid for it? Once I read about a study that didn't find any link between cancer and mobile phone phone use that was funded my Motorola....

"Free-mind", thank you for your post, you are absolutely right. The funding source is one of the most important aspects to think about, when reading the study. It was reported that the Interphone received over 5 million Euro from the industry. I don't remember the exact numbers, but approximately 80-90% of the studies funded by the wireless industry are extremely reassuring, and conclude that cell phone radiation causes no harm. In contrast, 80-90% of the studies that did *not* accept wireless industry, found very serious adverse health effects, including, but not limited, to cancer. That speaks for itself and does not need more explanations.

At the basic sciences level, the mechanism of action of radiofrequency radiation (the type emitted by cell phones) on biological systems started already to be a little understood, and is available in many studies. It includes changes in heat shock proteins (a class of proteins that are increasingly implicated in cancer initiation and progression), changes in cell cycle progression (which is central to carcinogenesis), and changes in ion channels (which are present in all organs and tissues in the body). The effects of cell phone radiation on heat shock proteins was many times shown, by several independent investigators, and it was also shown to occur at very low exposure levels.

Interestingly, heat shock proteins started to find important applications in vaccines, to boost the immune response. The fact that radiofrequency radiation affects heat shock proteins, should make people do some thinking of their own. It is not a game, it is serious perturbation that is inflicted on biological systems.

never fails. for every article siting a carefully controlled, wide based study with X results, there will be people who dispute X, claim it is biased, and contradicts with carefully controlled, wide based study Y.

which leaves people to believe... what ever it is they WANT to believe. i am personally weary of people giving me s**t because i wear a bluetooth headset all day everyday. i don't care what your "feelings" are about this. i want the SCIENCE. which to this point, finds no clear, quantifiable, definite co-relation between cel phone use and brain tumors etc.

*everything* is dangerous. *everything* has consequences. if you think cel phones are cause brain tumors, don't use one. and leave the rest of us alone.

of course there are anomalies. a few people who are sensitive to electromagnetic radiation does not make case against electromagnetic exposure. you can find people whose bodies will react with the simplest, most common things. look up " xeroderma pigmentosum " are you going to start telling us to never go out in the sun?

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When I was in the US Navy, I used hand held Motorola Radios. This type of radio has a whip antenna, that transmits a signal in 1 watt, 5 watt or 15 watts. There is a large variety of this type radios that are use throughout the military and government, and business. Cell phones transmit in the microwatts by comparison. The world seems to be focus on cell phone. Their is a definite omission in public information and its affects of high power portable radio and its radio transmission on the human body and brain. I never read studies on these; where are they?
Imagine responsibility of the US Government it would have to take for those using these portable hand held radios in the government, military and business. Why is no one talking about this or publishing studies about it???
These radios transmit much more power. The cause and effect of these radios on the human body would be more obvious and YES the US government would have to take responsibility for the use of these radios.... hence, the silence...... I did mention Motorola in my comments, simply because I am familiar with them. But, there are a large variety of different types of hand held portable radios, that transmit at high power near the human body and head. I did not single out Motorola in particular. I am just concern with these types of radios and why no Official US Government Agency is making public the effects of these radios on the human body and brain; why????

For now they find no increase wait about 5 years and it will be the opposite
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