LOL @ big10...
Cyg... it's just a matter of time... remember, cigarette smoking was once a popular and accepted pasttime as well... so was insulationg everything with asbestos...
the increase in the different forms of brain tumors should start appearing in a few years...
the people who know how these things work... they know the risks at hand... it's a highly focus electomagnetic wave... come on now, that surely can't be any good for you... and the fact that they are non ionizing does not mean that they are safe, those who would have you believe that are either misinformed, or not inclined to reveal the actual aspects for one reason or the other... just like the tobacco industry, and the manufacturers of asbestos were...
but hey, i still smoke... so feel free to chat away on that mini microwave emitter you're holding close to the base of your skull...
... and be happy :)
if you are really interested, look here -->
For example, one of the studies that Dr. Carlo worked with looked at brain cancer rates in people who use cell phones versus people who do not. The study found no difference in brain cancel rates. The trick however is that the study looked for all types of brain cancer located in any part of the brain. By looking for all types of cancer in all locations any real affect of cell phones would be drowned out because cell phone radiation can only penetrate a few inches into an adult's brain. So Dr. Carlo re-ran the data looking only for cancers that occur near the skull around the ears and controlled for which side of the head people used their cell phones. Sure enough, cell phone users had 2.4 times higher incidence of brain cancers near the skull around the ears then people who didn't regularly use cell phones. Unfortunately the study did not have enough participants to be conclusive but apparently did have enough to merit follow up. Follow up that, as far as I'm aware, has never happened in the U.S.
Recently the alumni magazine of the University of Washington published an excellent article about one of the researchers mentioned in Dr. Carlo's book - Dr. Henry Lai. Dr. Lai made the mistake of researching the 'wrong' kind of cell phone health hazards. The article provides Dr. Lai's account of the bribes and threats that were used to try to get him to stop his research.
Are cell phones a health hazard? There seems to now be enough experimental evidence to reasonably conclude that cell phone radiation has biological side effects. Furthermore there also appears to be enough epidemiological evidence to conclude that it's likely that people are being harmed by cell phones. How much harm? How serious is the threat? Serious enough to require changes in behavior? We just don't know because the cell phone industry, if Dr. Carlo and Dr. Lai's allegations are true, are doing their best to make sure the right questions don't get asked.
http://www.goland.org/cellphonehazards/http://www.compareindia.com/tips/mobile-phone-health-hazards.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_radiation_and_healthhttp://www.rfsafe.com/research/rf_hazards/intro.htmhttp://ehso.com/ehshome/cellphonecancer.phpthese cover a wide range of pro and con opinions and findings...
--Mike
