Cell Phones Are the Opposite of Cancer-Causing
December 13th, 2006 | by Roonil Wazlib |
If you’ve been putting off buying a cell phone until you knew for sure they didn’t grow tumors in your head, I have great news! They don’t!
Cell phone antennas emit electromagnetic fields which can penetrate our brains. For years, scientists have studied whether or not prolonged cell phone usage could be linked to brain and neck cancer. According to a new study released by the Danish Institute of Cancer Epidemiology it’s highly unlikely.
Led by Dr. Joachim Schuz, the DICE studied 420,000 people from 1982-1995. Many subjects were cell phone users in the ’80s, back when handsets emitted bucketsful of radio frequency radiation. Upon follow-up, Schuz discovered 14,249 instances of cancer among his guinea pigs, however, the rate was not consistent with the percentage of cancer instances of the general populace who didn’t use cell phones.
The most eye-opening claim the study makes is cell phones users have less chance of developing cancer than normal because they “tend to be richer, lead healthier lives, and smoke less.” On the other hand, cell phone users have a 233% greater chance of getting beaten comatose in a movie theatre, and a 194% greater chance of being run over by a bus.
Props to: Earthtimes.org.