Science and Tech: Cell phone brain risk higher outside city

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this is an old article, note date, but the information here is worth thinking about ......Friday, May 20, 2005 5:28 AMScience and Tech: Cell phone brain risk higher outside city Cell phone brain risk higher outside city Source: United Press InternationalOREBRO, Sweden (United Press International via COMTEX) -- A Swedishstudy has determined the risk of brain tumors among cell phone usersis much higher in rural areas than in cities.Professor Lennart Hardell of the University Hospital in Orebro saidmore than 1,400 adults aged between 20 and 80 living in the center ofSweden and diagnosed with brain tumors between January 1997 and June2000 were asked to complete questionnaires on their phone usage.The study, published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, saidhow long users spent on the phone had little impact on the probabilityof being diagnosed with a brain tumor. However, residents of ruralareas who had been using a mobile digital phone for more than threeyears, were over three times as likely to be diagnosed with a braintumor as those living in urban areas.For malignant brain tumors, the risk was eight times higher for thoseliving in a rural area.The authors said it was likely because base stations are much fartherapart in rural areas, the telephones generate a higher signalintensity to compensate. «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»Paranormal_Research - Scientific Data, Health Conspiracies & Anything Strange Paranormal_ResearchSubscribe:... Paranormal_Research-