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Scientist Says Extensive Cell Phone Use Causes Cancer

by Evan Shamoon on May 5, 2009 at 05:32 PM


Hold the phone! No, literally. Hold it away from your head.

Award-winning cancer researcher and neurosurgeon Dr. Vini Khurana has some things to say about our use of cell phones, and none of them are good. Having reviewed more than 100 studies of mobile phones' effects on the human brain, Dr. Khurana notes that "there is a significant and increasing body of evidence for a link between mobile phone usage and certain brain tumors," believing these claims will be "definitively proven" in the next decade.

The German and French governments have made public statements warning against prolonged cell phone usage (particularly by children), and Khurana believes there is good reason to worry. "It is anticipated that this danger has far broader public health ramifications than asbestos and smoking," he told The Independent. "Unless the industry and governments take immediate and decisive steps," he believes, the number of malignant brain tumors will rise drastically in the next ten years.


According to the Independent, the Mobile Operators Association said that Dr. Khurana's study fails to "present a balanced analysis" of the previously published works, which is about as surprising as tax day. [From: The Independent]

Tags: cancer, cancer research, CancerResearch, cell phone, cell phones and cancer, CellPhone, CellPhonesAndCancer, killer gadgets, KillerGadgets, top

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