Comments on: Early Results from Largest Ever Mobile Phone Cancer Study Are Horribly Depressing http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/early_results_from_largest_ever_mobile_phone_cancer_study_are_horribly_depressing-2/ the Gadget Guide | Technology and consumer electronics news and reviews Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:10:06 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Cedric http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/early_results_from_largest_ever_mobile_phone_cancer_study_are_horribly_depressing-2/comment-page-1/#comment-14129 Cedric Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:35:08 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/early_results_from_largest_ever_mobile_phone_cancer_study_are_horribly_depressing-2.html#comment-14129 <p>I try to use my hands free headset that came with the iPhone as much as possible. I have heard that this greatly reduces the negative effects.<br /> I wonder if computer screens and other appliances put out harmful radiation as well?</p> I try to use my hands free headset that came with the iPhone as much as possible. I have heard that this greatly reduces the negative effects.
I wonder if computer screens and other appliances put out harmful radiation as well?

]]> By: Stanley Devia http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/early_results_from_largest_ever_mobile_phone_cancer_study_are_horribly_depressing-2/comment-page-1/#comment-14128 Stanley Devia Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:31:20 +0000 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/early_results_from_largest_ever_mobile_phone_cancer_study_are_horribly_depressing-2.html#comment-14128 <p>It will be very interesting to see the results of the study when they are released next year, but it's important to keep things in perspective. A 50% increase in risk does sound like a lot but (if I understand this correctly) all it really means that instead of 6 people per 100,000 getting brain cancer (based on some rough figures that I grabbed quickly), 9 people per 100K will develop the disease. In a population the size of of Australia (~20M) this equates to an extra 600 people. Not exactly an epidemic. And it pales in comparison to the risks associated with smoking, for example.</p> <p>It doesn't mean that half of all mobile phone users are going to drop dead from brain tumours.<br /> </p> It will be very interesting to see the results of the study when they are released next year, but it’s important to keep things in perspective. A 50% increase in risk does sound like a lot but (if I understand this correctly) all it really means that instead of 6 people per 100,000 getting brain cancer (based on some rough figures that I grabbed quickly), 9 people per 100K will develop the disease. In a population the size of of Australia (~20M) this equates to an extra 600 people. Not exactly an epidemic. And it pales in comparison to the risks associated with smoking, for example.

It doesn’t mean that half of all mobile phone users are going to drop dead from brain tumours.

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