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Brain tumour findings strengthen the case for the carcinogenicity of mobile phone radiation. Long-term use of cordless and mobile phones decreases the survival of people with brain tumours and this finding strengthens the evidence that wireless radiation causes brain tumours, say researchers from Sweden. Co-author Lennart Hardell has previously shown that long-term mobile phone use increases the risk of gliomas and acoustic neuromas.
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European Environment Agency advises precaution for mobile phone use. In January the European Environment Agency (EEA) issued a major report which has recommendations for mobile phone users and administrators. ‘Late Lessons from Early Warnings Vol II’ is a 750-page document that considers the risks of new technologies and the consequences of ignoring them. It includes case studies on mercury poisoning, hormone-disrupting chemicals in plastics, nuclear radiation, genetically modified organ
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Why is it that the Interphone and Orebro University studies on mobile phones and brain tumours have found different results? In a new paper, Dr Lennart Hardell from Orebro University in Sweden explains that the findings are not so different after all. Hardell’s team has conducted a reanalysis of the data in their previous research, applying the criteria used by the Interphone project.
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A collaboration of international scientists has identified health problems from low levels of EMR from electrical and communications technology. Exposure to even everyday levels of radiation from electrical and communications technologies can have harmful effects on the body — and international standards are inadequate to protect public health. These are among the conclusions of the report of the BioInitiative Working Group released in late August.
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A meeting of international scientists has endorsed a statement recognising risks from EMR and endorsing a precautionary approach. Exposure to electromagnetic fields can increase cancer risks in children and health problems in adults, and mobile phone raidaiton may contribute to brain tumours. These are among the effects identified by a group of international scientists in a statement known as the Benevento Resolution.
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Spanish researcher Dr Marina Pollan has investigated the interaction of magnetic fields from the power system and carcinogenic chemicals on the incidence of two types of brain cancer—gliomas and meningiomas. Her subjects were 1.5 million Swedish men who had worked between 1970 and 1989. She found that: exposure to magnetic fields but not chemicals did not increase glioma risk; exposure to magnetic fields above 2 mG plus solvents increased glioma risk by 50%;
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Dr Paul Villeneuve has found a link between exposure to magnetic fields at work and brain tumours. The Canadian researcher conducted a study of 543 men with brain tumours and the same number of controls. He found that: Men who were exposed to an average of 6 mG or more had a 33% increased risk of brain tumours; Men working in higher fields had 12 times the chance of developing aggressive brain tumours, including grade III and grade IV astrocytomas (or glioblastoma multiforme).
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While a new study from Europe indicates that analogue phones increase the risk of brain tumours, Australian researchers show how this effect may occur. Suggestions that mobile phones cause brain cancer have been touted now for nearly a decade. The issue was catapulted to public attention in 1993 when heavy mobile phone user, Suzie Reynard, died from a tumour she claimed was caused by her mobile phone and which was adjacent to the position of her phone antenna.
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