Ingafgrinn Macabre
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WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk - CNN.com
Now, I guess this doesn't necessarily mean that cell phones cause cancer, as correlation doesn't imply causation however I have not read the studies, so I can't tell in which amount they're certain of causation.
I do think it's a bit over the top in throwing it in the same pool as gas exhausts, smoking and asbestos. Then again, I don't know how they pool things together. If it's "invisible things causing danger" instead of "Stuff causing x amount of danger" it might be fitting...
WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk - CNN.com
[url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/05/31/who.cell.phones/index.html?hpt=hp_t2]CNN.com - WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk[/url] said:A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."
What that means is they found some evidence of increase in glioma and acoustic neuroma brain cancer for mobile phone users, but have not been able to draw conclusions for other types of cancers
Now, I guess this doesn't necessarily mean that cell phones cause cancer, as correlation doesn't imply causation however I have not read the studies, so I can't tell in which amount they're certain of causation.
I do think it's a bit over the top in throwing it in the same pool as gas exhausts, smoking and asbestos. Then again, I don't know how they pool things together. If it's "invisible things causing danger" instead of "Stuff causing x amount of danger" it might be fitting...