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Monday, May 8. 2006
Cellphones May Cause Head Cancer
I have a general dislike of cellphones, so I like to take pot shots at them whenever I can. My perception of cellphones is largely impacted by annoying friends that do dumb things with them.
These dumb things include:
In either case, Sweden has finished a study that suggests that people who use cellphones too much have a heightened risk of developing brain tumours.
From the article, "Long-term cell use raises brain tumor risk":
Let that be a lesson to the rest of you!
These dumb things include:
- Having their cellphone ring during a movie and answering it.
- Having their cellphone ring during dinner and interrupting our conversation.
- Paying hundreds of dollars to their carrier because they overuse their cellphone time.
- Signing onto draconian contracts provided by evil cellphone carriers.
In either case, Sweden has finished a study that suggests that people who use cellphones too much have a heightened risk of developing brain tumours.
From the article, "Long-term cell use raises brain tumor risk":
Researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life said they looked at the mobile phone use of 905 people between the age of 20 and 80 who had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and found a link.
"A total 85 of these 905 cases were so-called high users of mobile phones, that is they began early to use mobile and/or wireless telephones and used them a lot," the study said.
"The study also shows that the rise in risk is noticeable for tumors on the side of the head where the phone was said to be used," it added.
Kjell Mild, who led the study, said the figures meant that heavy users of mobile phones, for instance of who make mobile phone calls for 2,000 hours or more in their life, had a 240 percent increased risk for a malignant tumor on the side of the head the phone is used.
"The way to get the risk down is to use hands-free," he told Reuters.
"A total 85 of these 905 cases were so-called high users of mobile phones, that is they began early to use mobile and/or wireless telephones and used them a lot," the study said.
"The study also shows that the rise in risk is noticeable for tumors on the side of the head where the phone was said to be used," it added.
Kjell Mild, who led the study, said the figures meant that heavy users of mobile phones, for instance of who make mobile phone calls for 2,000 hours or more in their life, had a 240 percent increased risk for a malignant tumor on the side of the head the phone is used.
"The way to get the risk down is to use hands-free," he told Reuters.
Let that be a lesson to the rest of you!
--Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Roman Statesman