Findings from the largest and longest study of cell-phone use and brain cancer, which were made public in mid-May, have done nothing to clarify the issue. The 10-year study, coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in 13 countries (but not the United States), looked at more than 7,400 people with brain tumors and compared their cell-phone use to about 12,000 similar people without tumors. Researchers conclude that overall, cell-phone users did not show an increased risk of tumors. About one-fourth of the study’s funding came from industry sources.
As soon as results from the so-called Interphone study hit the wires, the spin began. Federal agenciesâ€â€the National Cancer Institute and the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationâ€â€were among those discounting increased risk of brain tumors. Others took the researchers’ suggestion that heavy cell-phone usersâ€â€30 minutes or more per day for at least 10 yearsâ€â€might be as much as 40 percent more likely to get a tumor called glioma, as an argument for caution, if not alarm.
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As soon as results from the so-called Interphone study hit the wires, the spin began. Federal agenciesâ€â€the National Cancer Institute and the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationâ€â€were among those discounting increased risk of brain tumors. Others took the researchers’ suggestion that heavy cell-phone usersâ€â€30 minutes or more per day for at least 10 yearsâ€â€might be as much as 40 percent more likely to get a tumor called glioma, as an argument for caution, if not alarm.
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content?oid=1433703
here is a guide to check your phone
Link to start at
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/