Sunday, January 3, 2010

Debate Still Raging over Cell Phone, Tumor Link


CANCER

Debate still raging over cell phone, tumor link
Results of major study not likely to quell fears

By Scott LaFee

San Diego Union-Tribune

Source:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/03/debate-still-raging-over-cell-phone-tumor-link

The final results of an international study intended to produce definitive evidence on whether cell phones cause cancer could be released any day now.

But those findings likely will just deepen an already acrimonious debate that has lasted about 20 years.

Nine years ago, the World Health Organization launched Interphone to determine whether brain tumors can be linked to electromagnetic radiation from cell phones. The researchers analyzed cell phone use by 14,000 people in 13 countries. Half of the participants had brain tumors; half did not.

For the full article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/03/debate-still-raging-over-cell-phone-tumor-link


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