http://forums.drweil.com/n/mb/...wQA&msg=1669.1&ctx=0


http://www.drweil.com/u/QA/QA26193/

Updates on ongoing research re: cell phone safety:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,182361,00.html

"What we can say is that we now know that people who have used mobile phones for 10 years or less do not seem to be at increased risk for the most commonly seen brain tumors,� he tells WebMD.

�But we don�t know very much about usage for more than 10 years, or whether or not mobile phones are associated with other brain diseases like Alzheimer�s and multiple sclerosis."


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This one about children's use of cell phones:


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,151017,00.html


"Lai said he was concerned about the impact on children because young skulls are thinner and the growing brain may be more susceptible to radiation.

He also said that because brain tumors usually take 30-40 years to develop, children who use cell phones from their teen years onward would have a longer period of time to see a cumulative impact.

"We don't know if kids are really more susceptible," Lai said, but he encourages everyone to use a headset to keep the antenna away from the brain, "even if they're not cool."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/200...MDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--


STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - 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.

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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 handsfree," 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."