A memo went out to all students and faculty at the University of Pittsburgh on Wednesday urging all to limit their cell phone use to avoid increasing their risk of developing cancer.
Dr. Ronald H. Herberman, Director at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, says that a solid nexus between cell phone use and cancer is years away, but he still cautions people to keep their talk time to a minimum to decrease the risk for future health complications, including brain cancer.
“We shouldn’t wait for a definitive study to come out,” Herberman said, “but err on the side of being safe rather than sorry later.”
Dr. Herberman’s memo was distributed to about 3,000 students and faculty members. The memo stressed the importance of keeping cell phones away from the head and using the speakerphone or hands-free speaker when possible. Cell phones emit electromagnetic radiation, which some scientists claim can lead to cancerous brain tumors. Dr. Herberman’s memo also stated that children should restrict their cell phone use to emergencies only, as their brains are still developing.
Studies at the University of Utah, as well as documented studies in Norway and France, confirmed that a connection between brain cancer and cell phone use would have to be proven “by future studies.” Researchers involved in related studies stated that there was “no overall increased risk of brain tumors” associated with cell phone use at this time.
Devra Lee Davis, Director of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Environmental Oncology, agreed with Dr. Herberman’s cautionary statements.
“I don’t know that cell phones are dangerous. But I don’t know that they’re safe.”
Davis supported the memo, confirming her agreement with the media via cell phone. She used her hands-free speaker at the suggestion of Dr. Herberman.
Though study results do not show a link between cell phone use and the eventual onset of brain cancer, it may be advisable to take caution when using a cell phone from now on, as the consequences associated with cell phone use, such as brain tumors, could take decades to manifest themselves. Individuals who suffer from pleural mesothelioma, for example, may not be diagnosed for decades after their initial exposure to asbestos, a known carcinogen that is the only confirmed cause of mesothelioma. This could be the case with exposure to electromagnetic radiation, furthering the need for increased funding and research.
Related article courtesy of MSNBC.com and CNN.com.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThis year 1.4 million people will be hearing the devastating news that they to have cancer.
Scientist tell us that 70-80% of all cancer are linked to the environment to include behavior and lifestyle choices such as smoking (as opposed to heredity); meaning that most all cancer come from outside of our bodies.
Cancer is not an unlucky roll of the dice-never before have we had so much cancer.
Every school day, 46 children, or two classrooms of students, are diagnosed with cancer in this country.
Evidence from epidemiological studies suggests that environmental contaminants such as pesticides and certain chemicals, in addition to radiation, may contribute to an increased frequency of some childhood cancers.
Cancer remains the leading cause of death among U.S. children ages 1 to 19 years, second only to accidents.
This is especially critical when we are dealing with children. If there is an opportunity to reduce the unnecessary and preventable environmental exposures that may be suspected of doing harm to human health-as parents we should take precautionary steps if we can and especially when it comes to children.
Children are different from adults. Pound for pound, children eat more food, drink more water, and breathe more air than adults. Thus, they are likely to be exposed to substances in their environment at higher levels than are adults. Its important to remember a lack of data-does not translate to safe.
Bill Couzens, Founder Lesscancer.org
There has been questions about microwaves radio waves, radar waves causing cancer: 40 years ago I treated an Air Force guy (radar expert) and the unit had several cases of lymphoma/leukemia.
So is the increase in Lymphoma of the CNS system from cellphones, or from HIV?
However, here in Asia, people text, not listen…so it’s not exactly the same thing.
Me? I rarely use a cellphone.
This is crazy, they’re at the begining of the scientific process, the Hypothesis, they have a theory and they’re saying that they think they can prove it over the next decade or so yet they are acting as if they have a conclusion.
What’s really disturbing is that there is a wealth of informaiton they could gather by looking at people who’ve used cellphones over the last ten years and then overlapping that information with people who’ve suffered from brain tumors. Yet, they havnt.
Sounds like people looking for grants to justify they’re existance.
I’ve read that the use of cell phone diodes can help mitigate the amount of radiation exposure.
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World News Tonight on ABC has a report on this story during their 6 pm EST broadcast…it’s now 6:44, so I am a little late in posting this, but it may be worth watching!
The Foreign Frequency Contamination Of The Brain And The Body
The fact that cellphone radiation carries 9.3 Hz frequency, tells me that the use of it is detrimental to our health. Our body functions at around 7.5 Hz frequency while some parts of our brain functions at even lower frequency level of less then 1Hz. With cellphone in our possession and use of it in direct and close proximity we are contaminated on daily bases with foreign frequency that cellphone emits. Powerful cellphone frequency interferes with our own considerably lower normal frequency. While we are invaded by cellphone radiation our immune system constantly is trying to eliminate invader, the foreign frequency with out any success as it is unable and inadequate to eliminate radiation and as a result our immune system weakens. It is any body’s guess, how weak our immune system would be in 20 or 30 years of dealing with the foreign frequency of the brain and the body contamination http://www.gseradicator.com
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