Tests funded by the cellular telephone industry have found a possible link between cell phone usage and cancer. The studies found both biological indications of cell changes and a statistical link correlating cell phone usage with certain types of brain cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration said the results indicate a strong need for more study but not for immediate action to curb cell phone usage.

Readers report cell-phone-related health problems The tests were conducted at Stanford University and Integrated Laboratory Systems in Research Triangle Park, NC, and found chromosal changes in blood cells subjected to the same type of electromagnetic radiation emitted by hand-held cell phones.

Additionally, an epidemiological study showed nearly a tripling in the incidence of certain cancers -- neurocytomas, which grow inward from the periphery of the brain -- compared with people who do not use cell phones. Another study found that right-handed people who used cell phones and had brain tumors tended to have them on the right side of the brain.

Additional studies are being conducted and further analysis of the just-completed studies is underway.

Radio frequency emissions are generally regarded as dangerous and workers in broadcasting, aviation and similar fields generally try to avoid prolonged exposure to transmitting antennas.

Early cell phones, in which the antennas were mounted outside cars, were not thought to be dangerous. But the newer hand-held models place the transmitting antenna directly against the skull. Further, unlike earlier two-way radios, cell phones are "duplex," meaning that their transmitters remain on even when the user is listening rather than talking, thus increasing the total amount of time the user is exposed to radio waves.

I believe this is the article you are refering to http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2000/600_phone.html. Its from the FDA website saying there is no connection between brain cancer and cell phones

Mikey K
Business Phone System
Voip

And here is the latest,

Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors, Report Says

http://www.mobiledia.com/news/70445.html

A report supported by U.S. and British researchers suggests that people who use a cell phone have a "significant" risk of developing brain tumors.



In a paper sent to government officials, lead researcher, Lloyd Morgan, said cell phone use leads to "an increased risk of brain tumors, eye cancer, salivary gland tumors, testicular cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and leukemia."

Previous experiments have shown radiation from handsets can affect brain cells in a lab, but more relevant studies on humans have found no evidence that suggest mobile devices pose a health risk.

The wireless industry has always maintained there is no link between mobile phones and cancer.

In 2005, a Danish study looked at the cell phone usage of brain tumor patients and concluded that the two were unlikely linked. But added that "we won't be able to make any firm conclusions until we can confirm these results with studies with more long-term and heavy cell phone users."

Studies last year in France and Norway concluded the same thing.

But Morgan, a retired electronics engineer and member of the Bioelectromagnetics Society, said that many of the studies were telecom-funded and had a "systemic-skew" that greatly underestimated the chance of tumors.

He said that reports had unrealistic definitions of what made a "regular" cell phone user and excluded people who "had died or were too ill to be interviewed as a consequence of their brain tumor and children and young adults who are more vulnerable."

Morgan also pointed out that research flaws included the false assumption that electromagnetic radiation, or EMF, has no biological effects except for heating.

The possible effects of EMF is a concern among some scientists.

"Some countries are already banning cell phones over health concerns, with France saying children in elementary schools can only use them for texting," Morgan said. "Cell phones can be used appropriately and have a certain usefulness, but I fear we will see a tsunami of brain tumors, although it is too early to see that now, since the tumors have a 30-year latency."

Morgan's paper, "Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern," was written with the endorsement of 43 scientists and experts from the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the U.K.

Groups supporting the findings include the EMR Policy Institute, the Peoples Initiative Foundation, ElectromagneticHealth.org, The Radiation Research Trust and Powerwatch.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Maria.:
Everyone..... Everywhere.... Children and adults....

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I just know Cell phones emit radio frequency energy (radio waves), a form of non-ionizing radiation. Tissues nearest to where the phone is held can absorb this energy, so it may cause cancer!! But if you want some more info about it just see this:

abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/cell-phones-raise-risk-cancer-13728569?page=2&playlist=1363742§ion=1206835&tab=9482931

There is no relation between Brain Tumors and cell phone. You should just read this article:


http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011...sk-of-brain-tumours/

I think prevention is better than cure.We should limit our exposure to radio frequencies by using an ear piece and limiting cell phone use, particularly among children.Research says there could be some risk associated with cancer and need to be investigated furher.