Hey there friend, do you have a cellphone? Perhaps three? Well, we have good news, cellphone use does not cause cancer!
Call your Mom, it won’t hurt.
A new study from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that in the 60,000 person pool of Northern Europeans watched, there was no data that pointed to a higher occurrence of brain cancers or other complications among cell phone users.
Thank the heavens, can you image Apple’s margins sans the iPhone? Of course, no one was exactly overly concerned over the threat, radio waves are just another frequency. But, it is nice to have yet another test come up negative. You are safe on the cellular.
As a quick aside, can you imagine what would have happened if the results had come in the other way? The panic! How many people spend more than an hour on their cell a day talking? Tens of millions! Perhaps even hundreds of millions!
The chaos would have consumed our planet. Happily, the status quo shall prevail, and cell phones will remain. Now, go about they business and fear not.
Alex Wilhelm is a Chicago-based technology blogger and entrepreneur. He has worked for a number of technology companies in recent years, and has a particular interest in watching the social web monetize. Follow Alex on Twitter, or on Facebook. You can reach Alex via email at alex@thenextweb.com
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Is that true? This is a good news to all cellphone users! Thanks for sharing!
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People so eaily believe this from one study but need hundreds of studies showing they are dangerous. Scientists have known for thirty or more years that electro magnetic frequencies effect our health. This sounds like a blog post to get sales or to promote the cell phone industry. What gives?
Two days later the piece is no longer at the url.
Wow, I wonder how much corporations paid off the researchers to do this “study”.
There is multiple studies done that show increased risk of a brain tumor develop over a few years.
The industry does not want this information out because it would put a big dent on their bottom line.
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i'm glad to hear that