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To: Taikun who wrote (54964)	10/27/2004 6:13:05 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<The Karolinska Institute said 150 people with acoustic neuroma and 600 healthy people participated in the study. "The risk of acoustic neuroma was almost doubled for persons who started to use their mobile at least 10 years prior to diagnosis," the Institute said. "When the side of the head on which the phone was usually held was taken into consideration, we found that the risk of acoustic neuroma was almost four times higher on the same side as the phone was held and virtually normal on the other side."> Extensive studies have shown that 77% of people at any one time are holding the phone in their right hand. So, of those 150 with a tumour, 115 had the phone in their right hand and 35 had it in their left hand. If the cause was purely due to cellphones, we should expect only 3 times as many tumours in the right side as the left, not 4. That's assuming perfect tumour formation on the side affected and no other causes of tumours. So already we can see that there's a statistical mistake in their analysis, or some of the usual randomness. But, these tumours weren't invented with cellphones. So how many tumours would normally be expected anyway with people who don't use cellphones and which side are they on? But they don't give us the data so we can take a close look ourselves. Anyway, since the acoustic nerve carries the sound, it seems more likely that the tumours are caused by the sound carrying than the radiation, since the nerves are being more heavily loaded and stressed than the other side. The also say the risk of acoustic neuroma was almost doubled for people who started using their mobile at least 10 years prior to diagnosis. I suppose those people were therefore older than the others who started using their cellphones more recently. Tumours afflict older people rather than younger, so that figures. Where's Tero Kuittinen when we need him? Message 20692187 Discussion over there, has been going a long time [years] Tero's a brain guy. Let's see the data up close and personal. Journalistic summaries aren't much use. Mqurice

To: Taikun who wrote (54964)	10/27/2004 10:43:38 AM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Many people have missed an important study on cellphone (I don't have a link now, but it was done by some scientists in Britain). The study showed that danger of cellphone is its microwave being trapped in confined environment, such as on airplane, cars, bus,etc... The reason for this is, as everyone has guessed, microwave cannot pass medal, and even cars or bus have windows, the microwave is still tends to stay in. So the one who use cellphone in these locations always trapped dozens of times higher microwave than the safety level around himself, as well as people within 2 yards of surrounding, and this increase the danger of getting cancer. This does seem to explain why police has higher rate of tumors. They use a couple of wireless equipment at the same time in cars, like put radar gun on their legs while they sit in cars. I read a couple of policemen got bone cancer on their legs where their radar guns always sitting. So rule of thumb, try not to use, or use less, in confined environment. It should be alright use them outside.