WHO: Cell Phones Linked to Brain Tumors

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The World Health Organization is about to reveal that its decade-long investigation has found the devices can lead to cancer and the internationally-respected body will soon issue a public health message with its findings, London's Daily Telegraph reported.

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We are turning our populace into brainless slaves.

Don't carry a cell phone. For fucks sake, don't watch television either.

AND its OBAMA's fault? His MARXIST ass is just a symptom.

#1 | Posted by wurster at 2009-10-26 09:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

"We are turning our populace into brainless slaves.
#1 | Posted by wurster"

Exhibit "A"

#2 | Posted by LetUsPrey at 2009-10-26 10:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

The same WHO that said swine flu is an international disaster???? Cell phones cause tumors and global warming.....will kill us ALL if democracy is not eliminated.
OMG! We are doomed unless we fund the "best and brightest" so they can rule by fear.

#3 | Posted by Diablo at 2009-10-26 10:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

Actually, WHO said "all of humanity is at risk". Of getting the sniffles.

#4 | Posted by LetUsPrey at 2009-10-26 10:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh yes, Diablo, that's exactly what the global warming believers say--we MUST DESTROY DEMOCRACY TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING.

AAAAAAHHHH.

Jesus, but you live in a paranoid state. Do you have a support group?

#5 | Posted by pragmatist at 2009-10-26 10:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Jesus, but you live in a paranoid state. "

Pretty much sums up New Jersey in a nutshell.

#6 | Posted by LetUsPrey at 2009-10-27 12:16 AM | Reply | Flag:

Welcome back, LUP.

#7 | Posted by CalifChris at 2009-10-27 01:28 AM | Reply | Flag:

Yes, welcome back

#8 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-27 01:37 AM | Reply | Flag:

Thanks Chrissy!

#9 | Posted by LetUsPrey at 2009-10-27 01:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

so they can rule by fear.

#3 | Posted by Diablo

I need the government to come give me a big old teet because i'm scared.

But, OTOH, it does kind of make sense that if you hold a high-frequency radio transmitter (that can get hot too) within 1/2" of your brain.....

#10 | Posted by Lipzoidial at 2009-10-27 06:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Pretty much sums up New Jersey in a nutshell."

Nice job! : ) I knew someone was gonna bite on "state."

The devil is in the paranoia...

#11 | Posted by pragmatist at 2009-10-27 06:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

Since when did the WHO start researching health problems?

#12 | Posted by Washboard at 2009-10-27 07:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

It won't make any difference if they found out it caused blindness and shriveled your privates to the size of a gnat. Most Americans would have nothing left to live for if it wasn't for their ego toys.

#13 | Posted by RingMaster at 2009-10-27 07:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

I understand the WHO is about to release a report on those who spend an exorbitant amount of their time on "Drudge Retort"-- they've found they have an increase incidence of macular degeneration and Raynaud's syndrome of the fingertips.

#14 | Posted by matsop at 2009-10-27 09:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

?radio frequency waves-- multiple studies have shown in the past no cancer link.

#15 | Posted by matsop at 2009-10-27 09:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

Whatever brain damage it might do would have to be based on the way microwaves act. Microwaves heat food by exciting water molecules.

#16 | Posted by Ray at 2009-10-27 10:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

?radio frequency waves

Cell phones work by microwaves.

#17 | Posted by wurster at 2009-10-27 10:14 PM | Reply | Flag:

Anyone still holding a cell phone to their heads in these days of free wired headsets and insanely cheap bluetooth headsets is asking for trouble.

#18 | Posted by COMMONSENSE at 2009-10-27 10:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

#16---- Just read the comments by Dr. Cardis, evidently the author of the study and she referred to radiofreqency irradiation.

#19 | Posted by matsop at 2009-10-27 10:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

Why CoomonSense?? It's nostalgic to hold a receiver upto Your ear and talk to Your sweetie. Hands free is too sci fi for people like Me.

Larry

#20 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-10-27 10:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

Why CoomonSense??

Because it can cause brain tumors, larry. Read the article.

#21 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-27 10:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

If I remember my chemistry studies, radiofrequency waves are on the low end of the radiation spectrum (versus gamma and other forms of radiation). Also, I think I remember that it is very common in our surrounding environment.

#22 | Posted by matsop at 2009-10-27 10:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

#16---- Ray, radiofrequency waves, not microwaves. If it was microwaves, then I could understand some of the postings by unnamed individuals on this blog.

#23 | Posted by matsop at 2009-10-27 10:38 PM | Reply | Flag:

I need to get a headset, though I'm not talking on my celly every day; texting, otoh...

#24 | Posted by Scrumplet at 2009-10-27 10:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

I'm already getting cancer from 6 years of being a Ground Radio technician. The curse of the 2E153.

#25 | Posted by andyuhenet at 2009-10-27 10:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

I still don't understand how RF can cause tumors when visible light is closer to the ionizing end of the EM spectrum.

#26 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-27 10:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

#16---- Ray, radiofrequency waves, not microwaves. If it was microwaves, then I could understand some of the postings by unnamed individuals on this blog.

wiki.com

Microwave communication.

#27 | Posted by wurster at 2009-10-27 10:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

we MUST DESTROY DEMOCRACY TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING.

#5 | Posted by pragmatist

More like the rest of us must live environment friendly lives so Al Gore and company can live the highlife in huge climate controlled houses, have fleets of gas guzzling SUV's and engage corporate jetting everywhere in the world on a whim

#28 | Posted by Gimme_a_Scotch at 2009-10-27 11:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

Can you hear me now?

#29 | Posted by bobinspokane at 2009-10-28 02:44 AM | Reply | Flag:

"More like the rest of us must live environment friendly lives so Al Gore and company can live the highlife in huge climate controlled houses, have fleets of gas guzzling SUV's and engage corporate jetting everywhere in the world on a whim"

I'm not going to doubt the reality that some people are hypocrites (though the argument about Gore's "house" is dumb, and you didn't bring it up--his estate is a business, so one can't compare it to our lives).

But how is that destroying democracy? I believe the person who said that was hinting at the Kyoto accords and similar treaties, in which people claim we are ceding sovereignty. But you know, we sign treaties all the time. The age of empires should go, if you ask me, which you didn't. Or only sort of did. : )

#30 | Posted by pragmatist at 2009-10-28 07:32 AM | Reply | Flag:

?radio frequency waves

Cell phones work by microwaves.

#17 | Posted by wurster at 2009-10-27 10:14 PM

Microwaves are radio frequency waves.

At frequencies from 1 GHz to 300 GHz are considered microwave radiation.

The studies that are conducted, use cadavers to measure cellular heating when exposed to a particular radio signal. By studying how much heating happens at certain frequencies, and power levels.

I work for a television station in Chicago, and when we go up on the rooftop of Sears Tower (I'll never call it Willis), to work on any of our antennas, we wear RF radiation suits, otherwise our safe exposure time is about 3 minutes.

There's lots of VHF, UHF, and Microwave radiators up there, running at very high power levels.

#31 | Posted by Roy_Batty at 2009-10-28 08:43 AM | Reply | Flag:

I don't understand how a headset solves your problem unless you don't put the phone in your pocket. You're just transferring a brain tumor to a leg/groin tumor.

#32 | Posted by JOE at 2009-10-28 08:44 AM | Reply | Flag:

Upcoming joint commercial by Johnson and Johnson and Nokia.

Pretty girl dressed in sharp business suit striding purposefully down busy street, smiling confidently, cell phone to ear.

"My busy schedule means I'm constantly in touch with clients on my cell phone. Headaches mean lost opportunities to me, so I take two Tylenol daily".

(Cut to shot of sky, sun breaking through cloud cover, Nokia and Tylenol logos discreetly and tastefully illuminated)

(Small print health warnings at bottom of screen read at warp speed)

#33 | Posted by brock at 2009-10-28 11:00 AM | Reply | Flag:

#33 Brock -- now that's funny!

#34 | Posted by AKat at 2009-10-28 11:27 AM | Reply | Flag:

#31 Roy_Batty> There's lots of VHF, UHF, and Microwave radiators up there, running at very high power levels.

Isn't it the higher power levels that we are supposed to be wary of? I know a former Russian soldier who said they were told decades ago that cell phones would or were going to cause brain problems. He said it was due to RF so close to the brain. He was a radio operator and trained to listen to U.S. military stuff at remote listening stations. I always wondered if there was any truth to what he was taught.

#35 | Posted by AKat at 2009-10-28 11:30 AM | Reply | Flag:

Isn't it the higher power levels that we are supposed to be wary of? I know a former Russian soldier who said they were told decades ago that cell phones would or were going to cause brain problems. He said it was due to RF so close to the brain. He was a radio operator and trained to listen to U.S. military stuff at remote listening stations. I always wondered if there was any truth to what he was taught.

#35 | Posted by AKat at 2009-10-28 11:30 AM

RF exposure limits are set by measuring cellular heating over time, for a given frequency and power level.

Think of it this way. Your microwave oven is nothing more than a radio transmitter with a power output somewhere around 1500 Watts, at a frequency around 2.5 GHz.

If you put a hamburger patty in the microwave for 5 seconds, you'll see there is almost no heating. But when you put it in for 5 minutes, it becomes extremely hot.

Actually when we are up on Sears Tower, you need to give good clearance to the FM broadcast antennas.
the wavelength of a 98MHz radio signal is about 120 inches, so a 1/2 wave antenna is 60 inches.
Someone of average height is somewhere in the 5 foot range, so you are resonant and couple a lot of energy from those transmitters.

#36 | Posted by Roy_Batty at 2009-10-28 12:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

?radio frequency waves

Cell phones work by microwaves.

#17 | Posted by wurster

ummm Cell phone towers operate in microwaves.

Cell phones use UHF radio frequencies.

Both are "frequencies" however.

#37 | Posted by donnerboy at 2009-10-28 12:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

WHO.......... Bath tubs can kill you.
WHO.......... Life causes death!!

#38 | Posted by Sniper at 2009-10-28 01:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

I still don't understand how RF can cause tumors when visible light is closer to the ionizing end of the EM spectrum.

#26 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-27 10:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

Don't you remember the ET's who worked in Radio Transmitter?

I hung around with several of them and they were all losing their hair. They all had normal hair before getting to the ship but started losing it slowly (not in clumps) after working in Transmitter.

I kept in touch with all of them and they all said that they stopped losing their hair after no longer working in the space.

I remember being in their and you could feel the energy when they qued up a transmitter. You felt it in the hairs on the back of your neck.

#39 | Posted by COMMONSENSE at 2009-10-28 03:42 PM | Reply | Flag:

This has been known and suppressed for years. I had a girl that worked for me that fell out of her chair at work and started convulsing. I gave her cpr till an ambulance arrived and took her to the hospital. She had a quarter sized brain tumor direclty behind her ear on the side of her head she always held her cell phone.

#40 | Posted by Prolix247 at 2009-10-28 03:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

WHO.......... Bath tubs can kill you.
WHO.......... Life causes death!!

Thank's sniper. I'll keep the nugget of commonsense right next to my copy of the Farmers Almanac in the ol' outdoor shitter.

#41 | Posted by RingMaster at 2009-10-28 06:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

#40--- If she survived, because of the location described she probably had an acoustic neuroma-- the cancers supposedly caused by cell phones are very rare ones

#42 | Posted by matsop at 2009-10-28 06:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

#42 | POSTED BY MATSOP

An "acoustic neuroma" (more accurately: a vestibular schwannoma) would affect the brainstem, or an area near the 8th cranial ("auditory") nerve - NOT the area of the brain "directly behind [the] ear", or the temporal lobe, as stated in Prolix's #40.

Anatomically, these regions ("brainstem" vs "temporal lobe") are quite distinct.

Except for inherited cases, a tumor of this kind (vestibular schwannoma) is quite rare, especially one which arises suddenly in adulthood.

Take your bullshit elsewhere when you know not of that which you speak, please.

#43 | Posted by Zarathustra at 2009-10-29 02:43 AM | Reply | Flag:

Upon further research, it appears as if a vestibular schwannoma may arise in the cochlea, and progress toward the brain stem if not treated (opposite the progression I'd assumed).

However, the usual symptoms associated with v.s. are inconsistent with a "sudden attack" as described by Prolix. The symptoms for v.s. include tinnitus, loss of balance, and dizziness..."creeping" symptoms, if you will. Not something that suddenly presents with an overwhelming attack of health maladies, apparently...

#44 | Posted by Zarathustra at 2009-10-29 04:20 AM | Reply | Flag: