Cell phones and cancer, cell phones don't produce ionized radiation, so how do they trigger cancer?
Q. I was always of the belief that ionizing radiation is the one to keep clear of, yet a TV program tonight (again) is scaremongering that non-ionizing RF i.e cell phones can cause cancer. What mechanisms could be responsible to cause this, or do cell phones literally call up abnormal cells.
A. Your belief was correct that, indeed, it takes very high energy, ionizing radiation on the electromagnetic spectrum to cause the sort of damage we see with x-ray, CT, etc.
The whole thing with the cell phone issue got the media in a frenzy when a prominent physician at Pittsburgh Med. Ctr. issued a memo to employees which basically read that since we don't know the long term risks of cell phones, he urged caution. He cited a few rather obscure articles which were based on data from the really old kind of cell phones which were much higher in energy and no one uses them today. Theoretically, even though those old models from 20 to 30 years back were non-ionizing, they still had the potential to cause harm by heating.
To this day, we don't have a shred of solid evidence linking cells phones to cancer. I think that whenever a well-known physician issues any sort of memo like this, it's gonna raise eyebrows and by the time it gets shuffled through and distorted by the media, it places everyone in an uproar.
Bottom line is that we have studied this very carefully and have yet to find a causal relationship between cell phones we used (which are way lower in energy than those in the obscure sturdies from Sweden) and malignancy.
Despite Dr. Herberman's alarming statement, multiple international, independent and renown organizations including the ACR, WHO all insist that the use of cell phones is safe, period.
The whole thing with the cell phone issue got the media in a frenzy when a prominent physician at Pittsburgh Med. Ctr. issued a memo to employees which basically read that since we don't know the long term risks of cell phones, he urged caution. He cited a few rather obscure articles which were based on data from the really old kind of cell phones which were much higher in energy and no one uses them today. Theoretically, even though those old models from 20 to 30 years back were non-ionizing, they still had the potential to cause harm by heating.
To this day, we don't have a shred of solid evidence linking cells phones to cancer. I think that whenever a well-known physician issues any sort of memo like this, it's gonna raise eyebrows and by the time it gets shuffled through and distorted by the media, it places everyone in an uproar.
Bottom line is that we have studied this very carefully and have yet to find a causal relationship between cell phones we used (which are way lower in energy than those in the obscure sturdies from Sweden) and malignancy.
Despite Dr. Herberman's alarming statement, multiple international, independent and renown organizations including the ACR, WHO all insist that the use of cell phones is safe, period.
Does anyone know about the link between cell phones and cancer?
Q. i heard that too much radiation from cell phones can give you cancer. especially if a man has his cell phone around his belt all the time. does anyone have any proof or know of any websites about this?
A. Despite extensive studies done the past ten years or more in European countries . . no one has been able to conclusively establish a direct link between cell phone use and cancer. The scare about it from the media comes from the unknown . . no one knows what causes cancer . . and so just about anything anyone can think up becomes the next mass hysteria. Basically, if it bothers you than just change your habits with cell phones . . don't use them . . but no concrete evidence exists to link brain tumors with a cell phone or any other type of cancer.
ACS: Cellular Phones
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_1_3X_Cellular_Phones.asp
ACS: Cellular Phones
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_1_3X_Cellular_Phones.asp
Only a few decades ago there was no proven connection between smoking and cancer. So what about Cell Phones?
Q. Some people almost seem to ridicule the notion that cell phones might cause cancer.
The first thing said in response is often "everything causes cancer" - which is simply untrue.
We can isolate some things which cause cancer. Could cell phones be such a thing?
Some experts say they do cause cancer. This is hardly a consensus. But there is more and more attention being paid to the issue.
What do you think about it?
The first thing said in response is often "everything causes cancer" - which is simply untrue.
We can isolate some things which cause cancer. Could cell phones be such a thing?
Some experts say they do cause cancer. This is hardly a consensus. But there is more and more attention being paid to the issue.
What do you think about it?
A. It's one of those things that will go on forever, unless there is concrete proof that no one can deny....and there will always be someone with something to lose if that proof comes out, so chances are, it won't.
It's like the drug companies. It's more profitable for them to treat diseases than to cure them, so they don't.
Cell carriers will lose their buttholes if it's shown that cells are dangerous, so the proof of that, will never come out.
It's like the drug companies. It's more profitable for them to treat diseases than to cure them, so they don't.
Cell carriers will lose their buttholes if it's shown that cells are dangerous, so the proof of that, will never come out.
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