Cellphones May Increase Risk of Two Types of Cancers
Shari Roan and Ellen Gabler in The Los Angeles Times ..
“limited” scientific evidence exists to suggest that the radiofrequency energy released by cellphones may increase the risk of two types of cancers: glioma, a type of brain cancer, and acoustic neuroma, a tumor of the nerve that runs from the ear to the brain. Both types of cancers are rare: In the U.S., about 10,000 to 12,000 people develop a glioma each year and about 3,000 develop acoustic tumors. The elevated risk roughly doubles that risk after a decade of cellphone use, according to some studies. But the number of cellphone users worldwide — about 5 billion — means a potential cancer link should be taken very seriously, said Dr. Jonathan Samet, chairman of the department of preventive medicine at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine and the chairman of the panel that issued the report
can you say “tip of the iceberg?” – mab .. read more
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