May 4, 2009
Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'
Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. The Independent reports.
The study, by Dr Vini Khurana, is the most devastating indictment yet published of the health risks.
It draws on growing evidence exclusively reported in the IoS in October that using handsets for 10 years or more can double the risk of brain cancer.
Professor Khurana a top neurosurgeon who has received 14 awards over the past 16 years, has published more than three dozen scientific papers reviewed more than 100 studies on the effects of mobile phones. He has put the results on a brain surgery website, and a paper based on the research is currently being peer-reviewed for publication in a scientific journal.
... Late last week, the Mobile Operators Association dismissed Khurana's study as "a selective discussion of scientific literature by one individual". It believes he "does not present a balanced analysis" of the published science, and "reaches opposite conclusions to the WHO and more than 30 other independent expert scientific reviews".
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-- Extensive Cell Phone Use Linked To Brain Tumors (2006)
-- Latest (largest)Study Disputes Cell Phone-Cancer Link (2006)
-- FDA Dismisses Study Linking Cell Phones to Cancer (2006)
-- Get off that mobile, expert tells children (2005)
-- Researchers Search for Causes of Brain Cancer (2005)
-- Mobile Phones Increase Tumor Risk, Study Says (2006)
-- Cell Phone EMR Does No Harm, Korean Researchers Found (2004)
-- Swedish Minister Calls For More Info On Mobile Radiation (2004)
-- Trade Group Says Cell Phone-Cancer Claims Are Inconclusive (2004)
-- Mobile Phones Increase Tumor Risk, Study Says (2004)
-- No proof of mobile health risk: Nordic countries (2004)
-- Mobile phones not dangerous now (2004)
-- Phone radiation openness demand (2004)
-- Click here for earlier articles and ressources from the industry on cell phone radiation.
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