'Cancer link' to heavy mobile use

Heavy mobile phone use may be linked to an increased risk of cancer of the salivary gland, a study suggests.

Researchers looked at 500 Israelis who had developed the condition and compared their mobile phone usage with 1,300 healthy controls.

Those who had used the phone against one side of the head for several hours a day were 50% more likely to have developed a salivary gland tumour.

The research appeared in The American Journal of Epidemiology. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Feb 18, 2008 - 7:54 PM PST
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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The elevated exposures of the Israelis and the 50% increase in salivary gland tumours is cautionary. The article relates other studies which have not had such strong results. Maybe I don't need a cell phone yet. Earlier cancers in radar workers and EMP testers show electromagnetic radiation in certain frequencies and strengths has caused cancer. Fuller study definitely seems warranted.

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