I just received an email from ABTA with this info:
Study: No Link Between Cell Phone Use and Benign Tumors A separate, recently released study found no link between cell phone use and meningiomas, common brain tumors that are typically benign. “Meningioma and mobile phone use a collaborative case - control study in five North European countries,” reviewed the cell phone use history of more than 1,200 individuals diagnosed with a meningioma, and compared them to those of more than 3,200 individuals without a brain tumor. The British study found that the risk of meningioma was actually lower among regular cell phone users than infrequent users. This risk did not increase in relation to the number of years since first use, lifetime years of use, cumulative hours of use or cumulative hours of calls. The findings were similar regardless of the type of telephone network, age or sex. A summary of the study, which appears in a recent issue of the
International Journal of Epidemiology is available at:
http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/dyn155v1?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&h
+and+mobile+phone+use&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT.
I checked out the link, which is really just everything stated above, but it seems they were not able to find any link to cell phones and meningiomas. Good to know. As to whether or not malignant brain tumors can be caused by cell phone use has yet to be proven or disproven so I still take precautions when using a cell phone, and my cordless phone, I use a WIRED headset (because a wireless headset is worse than the cell phone itself!) when I use the phone, at least as much as possible, because since I already have brain tumors and I have had a radiation treatment I am at a higher risk for brain cancer and I don't want to take any chances!
I hope this info is helpful!
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Study: No Link Between Cell Phone Use and Benign Tumors
A separate, recently released study found no link between cell phone use and meningiomas, common brain tumors that are typically benign. “Meningioma and mobile phone use a collaborative case - control study in five North European countries,” reviewed the cell phone use history of more than 1,200 individuals diagnosed with a meningioma, and compared them to those of more than 3,200 individuals without a brain tumor. The British study found that the risk of meningioma was actually lower among regular cell phone users than infrequent users. This risk did not increase in relation to the number of years since first use, lifetime years of use, cumulative hours of use or cumulative hours of calls. The findings were similar regardless of the type of telephone network, age or sex. A summary of the study, which appears in a recent issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology is available at: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/dyn155v1?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&h
+and+mobile+phone+use&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT.
I checked out the link, which is really just everything stated above, but it seems they were not able to find any link to cell phones and meningiomas. Good to know. As to whether or not malignant brain tumors can be caused by cell phone use has yet to be proven or disproven so I still take precautions when using a cell phone, and my cordless phone, I use a WIRED headset (because a wireless headset is worse than the cell phone itself!) when I use the phone, at least as much as possible, because since I already have brain tumors and I have had a radiation treatment I am at a higher risk for brain cancer and I don't want to take any chances!
I hope this info is helpful!