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brain cell phones: Microwave News Article Archive (2004 - )

March 18, 2015

“Could Wearable Computers Be as Harmful as Cigarettes?” New York Times, March 18, 2015 (March 19 print edition).

“After researching this column, talking to experts and poring over dozens of scientific papers, I have realized the dangers of cellphones when used for extended periods, and as a result I have stopped holding my phone next to my head and instead use a headset.” What happened next? See our follow-up.

October 20, 2014

Reliability of Swedish Brain Tumor Data Questioned

Some leading epidemiologists have been saying that cell phones don’t pose a brain tumor risk because cancer rates are not going up. Now comes word that Swedish cancer registry data are in disarray and official statistics may be masking a disquieting trend.

Since 2008, there has been a close to 30% increase in patients with a brain tumor of an “unknown nature” and that increase is not reflected in the national cancer registry, according to a new analysis by...

October 16, 2014

“Decreased Survival of Glioma Patients with Astrocytoma Grade IV (GBM) Associated with Long-Term Use of Mobile and Cordless Phones,” by Sweden’s Michael Carlberg and Lennart Hardell, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, posted online October 16, 2014.

Those who first used wireless phones before the age of 20 have a higher brain tumor risk and a shorter survival time, Hardell told us. This paper, along with others like a recent German-Iranian paper, call for an “urgent revision of current exposure guidelines,” they write. Open access.

October 6, 2014

“Connection Between Cell Phone Use, p53 Gene Expression in Different Zones of Glioblastoma Multiforme and Survival Prognoses,” Rare Tumors, posted online August 8, 2014.

“Results from the present study on the use of mobile phones for ≥3 hours a day show a consistent pattern of increased risk for the mutant type of p53 gene expression in the peripheral zone of the glioblastoma, and that this increase was significantly correlated with shorter overall survival time. The risk was not higher for ipsilateral exposure.” From a German-Iranian team. Open access.

May 10, 2014

“Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors in the CERENAT Case-Control Study,” Occupational & Environmental Medicine, posted online May 9, 2014.

“In our study, we found an increased risk in those subjects reporting a prolonged use, making numerous calls, whose use was especially occupational and more often in urban areas…” For ≥ 986 h of life-long use, OR=2.89, 95% CI: 1.41-5.93 for gliomas; OR=2.57, 95% CI: 1.02-6.44 for meningiomas; for ≥18,360 calls, OR=2.10, 95% CI: 1.03-4.31 for gliomas. (All these elevated risks are statistically significant.) From Bordeaux University Segalen, France.

March 20, 2014

“Medical Conspiracy Theories and Health Behaviors in the U.S.,” JAMA Internal Medicine, published online March 17, 2014.

20% of Americans believe that, “Health officials know that cell phone cause cancer but are doing nothing to stop it because large corporations won’t let them.” 40% disagree, and 40% neither agree nor disagree.

September 26, 2013

“Environmental Risk Factors for Cancers of the Brain and Nervous System: The Use of Ecological Data to Generate Hypotheses,” Occupational & Environmental Medicine, May 2013, by Frank de Vocht and coworkers at U.K.'s University of Manchester.

“We show a clear association between national penetration of cellular telecommunications subscriptions and higher incidence of brain and nervous system cancers, with a latency between exposure and clinical onset of at least 11–12 years, but probably more than 20 years.”

September 25, 2013

Hardell Group Reaffirms Wireless Phone Tumor Risks

Using a new data set covering 2007-2009, Lennart Hardell and his research team have reaffirmed their previous findings that long-term use of a wireless phone leads to higher rates of both malignant brain tumors and acoustic neuromas (AN), but not of meningiomas, a type of benign brain tumor. In general, they report, the longer the use, the greater the risk for AN and malignant brain tumors.

All three new papers are open access. For the malignant brain tumor paper, click here; for the AN...

September 23, 2013

“The Alteration of Spontaneous Low-Frequency Oscillations Caused by Acute EMF Exposure,” Clinical Neurophysiology, posted online September 6, 2013.

“The results demonstrated the RF-EMF exposure modulated the brain neural activity not only in the closer brain region but also in the remote region and even in the contralateral brain region.” The RF exposure was a 30-minute LTE signal. From Beijing China. See also our report on the Volkow study.

May 30, 2013

“Are We Ignoring the Dangers of Mobile Phones? To some scientists they are deadlier than cigarettes; to others they're harmless. Will we ever know the truth about mobile phones?”

The Telegraph (U.K.), May 30, 2013.

April 14, 2011

Siddhartha Mukherjee’s (& the New York Times’ & NBC News’) Questionable Sources

Next Sunday, the New York Times Magazine will feature a long piece titled “Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Cancer?” by Siddhartha Mukherjee (it’s already on the Times' Web site). It’s a well-written article, as might be expected by his well-received book, Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Yet an important part of the...

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