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Mobile Phones & Brain Tumours

Your phone's a tumour risk

The link between mobile phones and brain tumours should "No longer be regarded as a myth" after research suggests high cellphone use could double the risk of brain cancer.
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Geesh just what I needed another item I use on a regular basis increasing my risk for a disease. I think some researchers have too much time on their hands. I am not sure if the link is high enough for me to worry about but it does make you stop and think a bit.

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They've been saying this for years but I don't see it having a significant effect on anyone's use of their mobile really.

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Major study confirms cellphone use is safe

Cellphones do not increase the risks of childhood cancer or leukaemia, a comprehensive study has found. Ref. Source 8

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Study: Cellphone Radiation Can Cause Cancer:

For example, using your phone for just 20 minutes a day for five years increased the risk of one type of brain tumor threefold, and using the phone an hour a day for four years upped the risk of some tumors three to five times, Yakymenko said. Ref. Source 2b

Mobile Phones & Brain Tumours

It cracks me up how studies find two totally different things. Confirmation bias causes people to accept whichever study supports their personal belief. I prefer to ere on the side of caution.

Mobile Phones & Brain Tumours

I can not say about studies but a friend who carries a phone for work developed lumps in his leg where the cell phone was. There were removed and he started carrying his phone in the pocket on his other leg 3 years later the lumps appeared there. He now refuses to carry the phone on him but keeps it on a desk or table near him.

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Why you shouldn't carry your phone in your pocket

THERE's one really good reason this researcher believes you shouldn't carry your mobile phone around in your pocket or bra. Ref. Source 5d