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Articles tagged with: Radiation and Cancer
No higher risk of leukemia for children living near powerful radio transmitters
..for the assessment of individual exposures to radio and television transmitter radiation one year before the actual diagnosis. These exposure estimates were calculated with a field strength prediction program. In a validation study, the expos more
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Radiation Shield Firm Claims Mobiles are More Dangerous than Smoking
A company, which coincidentally manufacturers "radiation shields" has issued a statement claiming that mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos. The company, BioPro Technology is citing a a study by a neurosurgeon and cancer writer, Dr. Vini Khurana. more
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BBC Apologises Over Wi-Fi Safety Scare TV Show
.. The programme made clear that its measurements of Wi-Fi and mobile phone mast radiation were taken at the points where schoolchildren were likely to be exposed to the respective signals, thus avoiding the false impression that the level of r more
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Cellphone cancer link found by Israeli scientist
..e exceptionally heavy users. Therefore, the amount of exposure to radiofrequency radiation found in this study has been higher than in previous cell phone studies. "This unique population has given us an indication that cell phone use is more
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Mobile Phones Not Responsible for Brain Cancers
..ct, with often conflicting results - this study is different in that it studied the effects of radiation on different areas of the brain. The study area encompassed greater and outer Tokyo along with 25 adjacent cities. In a preliminary survey more
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Mobile Phones Unlikely to Cause Cancer
Writing in the International Journal of Cancer, Dr Anna Lahkola, of the STUK, radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland wrote that their recent research has found no link between mobile phone use and cancer rates. more
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Study says cellphones are safe - sort of
An independent UK Advisory Group has reviewed the evidence for health effects from radiofrequency transmissions, especially that published since the Stewart Report on Mobile Phones and Health in 2000. The report says that the biological and epidemiological evidence does not suggest cancer causation, in particular from mobile phone use, nor any other adverse health effect from radio frequency exposures at levels below guidelines. more
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US court throws out cellphone cancer case
..his court case that his use of a cellular phone, and specifically his exposure to radiofrequency radiation, caused his malignant brain tumor.Dr. Newman and his wife sued Motorola and other defendants on August 28, 2000. The parties conducted discover more
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No rise in cancer since cellphones launched
.. rates in anatomical sites that receive high, medium and low levels of cellular telephone radiation (based on dosimetry data).The graphs for high, medium and low exposure sites did not display any significant changes in trend patterns for either gend more
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No link between cell phones and cancer - report
The Swedish radiation Protection Authority has engaged two internationally well-known epidemiologists to review published studies on the relationship between the use of cellular telephones and cancer risk. They are Dr. John D. Boice, Jr. and Dr. Joseph K. McLaughlin from the International Epidemiology Institute, USA. more
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