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Mobiles linked to brain tumoursBy staff writers

January 25, 2007 04:17pm

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SCIENTISTS have found long-term users of mobile phones are more likely to

develop a certain type of tumour on the side of their head where they hold

their handsets.

 

Britain's Daily Telegraph reports today that a large-scale study found that

using a mobile phone for more than 10 years makes users 40 per cent more

likely to develop tumours called gliomas.

 

Gliomas are tumours that form from glial cells in the central nervous

system.

 

The findings of the study, which contradicts others which have failed to

establish health risks linked to mobile phone use, will be published later

this year in the International Journal of Cancer. The abstract of the

research paper has been published online.

 

The Telegraph quoted Louis Slesin, the editor of microwavenews.com, which

reported on the study, as saying: "We now have two tumour types found among

people who use mobiles for more than 10 years shown by two different

research groups."

 

The researchers refused to draw firm conclusions but said the findings

warranted further investigation on the effects of long-term use of mobiles.

 

"The possible risk in the most heavily exposed part of the brain with

long-term use needs to be explored further before firm conclusions can be

drawn," the authors wrote.

 

Headed by researchers from the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in

Finland, the study compared the mobile phone use of 1521 glioma patients

with that of 3301 people without the turmous.

 

The Telegraph also quoted Professor Anssi Auvinen, a researcher involved in

the study, as saying it "makes sense in terms of the length of time it takes

for tumours to develop".

 

The tumours were "localised to the side of the head where the handset is

held".

 

 

Your humble servant,

Hari-sauri dasa

[mahak]

Sriman Tusta Krsna das developed brain cancer and passed away due to use of cell phones. If one must use these in business, please use head set, keep the tool at a safe distance.

 

Hare Krsna, ys, mahaksadasa