'No link between mobile phones and cancer'

And that will be the last word on the subject until some other "chicken little" yells, "The sky is falling!" and then it will start all over again. Sad.

mobile phones do have a effect on you though, even if not brain cancer.

i always get a very peculiar pain in my ears which spreads into a head ache on the side of my head which is exposed to the mobile phone.

it only happens sometimes, but it always happens if i speak on the phone for more than about 20 minutes.

my father in law used to get a rash from the first mobile phones on his cheeks. so no chicken little there, i m afraid.

I wonder if Ericsson was a contributor to this "research". Vodaphone help funded similar research with identical findings in the UK stating that there was no link.

A Reuters article from 2006 states an independent Swedish research finds a link not limited to mobile phones but also cordless phones as well.

["]The use of mobile phones over a long period of time can raise the risk for brain tumors, a new Swedish study said on Friday, contradicting the conclusions of other researchers.

The Dutch Health Council, in an overview of research from around the world, last year found no evidence radiation from mobile phones and TV towers was harmful. A four-year British survey released in January showed no link between regular, long-term use of cell phones and the most common type of tumor.

However, researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life said they looked at the mobile phone use of 905 people between the age of 20 and 80 who had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and found a link.

"A total 85 of these 905 cases were so-called high users of mobile phones, that is they began early to use mobile and/or wireless telephones and used them a lot," the study said.

"The study also shows that the rise in risk is noticeable for tumors on the side of the head where the phone was said to be used," it added.

Kjell Mild, who led the study, said the figures meant that heavy users of mobile phones, for instance of who make mobile phone calls for 2,000 hours or more in their life, had a 240 percent increased risk for a malignant tumor on the side of the head the phone is used.

"The way to get the risk down is to use hands-free," he told Reuters.

He said his study was the biggest yet to look at long-term users of the wireless phone, which has been around in Sweden in a portable form since 1984, longer than in many other countries. ["]

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-195865.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

It's too bad that the Swedish National Institute for Working Life was AFAIK was closed within a year of the researchers announcement by a decision of the Swedish government party.

http://oem.bmj.com/content/64/12/787.1.extract

The dozens of contradictory studies of links to cancer from longterm RF/MW exposure are no different than the countless contradictory studies that apply to prescription medicine and chemical safety. At the end of the day the power of money and business wins and the consumer and the (environment) will always suffer the long term consequences.

I agree with Broklyn Bjorn. And thank you for those useful links.

I do wish newspapers when reporting would provide the info on where the funding comes from.

Thank you Broklyn Bjorn for sharing with us the truths.

First official reaction against mobile phones camne from

Salzburg. Sorry, I have no details. Important data is in the

book "Black and White" by Lind. (Swedish Assoc. for protection from radiation. their contact is in the book.)

Interesting that they noticed an increase since 1974. Wasn't that around the time microwave ovens became widespread in Scandinavia?

Have any of these Scandinavian researches factored in the 'Chernobyl effect'? I recall that for a very long time sheep in North Wales were barred from sale for human consumption because of the pollution from Chernobyl. What is the European rate of increase for all 'radiation' cancers and how does that relate to increases/decreases in brain tumour?

Or has everyone forgotten about Chernobyl???

Incidentally to the 'poor us, misused by capitalism brigade', - you can always say 'NO' and not buy or use the products.

'No link between mobile phones and cancer'

"No link between motor cars and global warming"

"No link between truth and deception"