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Cellphone And Brain Tumors
Part 2
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Cellphones are causing brain tumors,” the lead author of the
report, Lloyd Morgan, told me. “Industry-backed studies try
to hide that fact. But if you read them carefully, you can
see there are risks.”
The potential risks of cellphone use have been debated for
years. A number of reputable organizations, including the
World Health Organization and the National Cancer Institute,
say there’s no conclusive evidence that using a cellphone is
harmful to your health.
But many consumer advocates, along with health officials
around the world, say the jury’s still out. They say more
data are needed and are awaiting the results of a
long-delayed, 13-nation study begun almost a decade ago that
was intended to settle the matter of cellphone safety once
and for all.
That study, dubbed Interphone, has been held up for years by
squabbling among researchers over how to interpret the data.
Some say the findings show a clear link between long-term
cellphone use and brain tumors. Others say no such link is
evident.
The $24-million Interphone study was funded in part by the
wireless industry, which some say has been pressuring
researchers to soft-pedal some of the report’s more
troublesome findings, such as indications that using a
cellphone for more than 10 years may increase your cancer
risk.
The National Cancer Institute says incidence and mortality
rates for brain cancer have remained relatively steady for
the last decade. But according to the Illinois-based Central
Brain Tumor Registry of the United States, the leading
database of brain cancer cases, there has been an increase
in some types of tumors.
Carol Kruchko, president of the nonprofit registry, said
scientists are still trying to determine the reason for the
increase. She said the question of whether cellphones may be
to blame is “controversial” and that more research is
necessary.
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