Cancer from using the iPhone?

[thelatinist]

Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091220/ap_on_re_us/us_cell_phone_warnings

Just goes to show that anyone can get elected to state legislature.

 

[-aggie-]

Just goes to show that anyone can get elected to state legislature.

He probably got sick of the OP calling him everyday about it. 😉

 

[ukcolinr]

As long as it's not printed on the handset itself and only the packaging I guess it'll do no harm! Though I can't help but feel without more evidence it is a little overkill!

Until people start dying from cancer caused directly by Mobile Phone usage I doubt 99.999999% of the world population will pay any attention anyway! I'm sure cancer is a concern to almost everyone in the world to some extent, but I certainly am not willing to start living in a bubble or under a rock to avoid it, some life that'd be?

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

ummmmmmm, im sorry, but EVERYTHING in the 21st century causes cancer, like even cancer causes cancer now...

QFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[thelatinist]

As long as it's not printed on the handset itself and only the packaging I guess it'll do no harm!

I disagree. Allowing policy to be determined by fear rather than by evidence is in itself harmful.

 

[ukcolinr]

I disagree. Allowing policy to be determined by fear rather than by evidence is in itself harmful.

Well I would like to assume the word MAY would be used as opposed to stating it as fact, but yeah I can see what you're saying.

 

[yg17]

Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091220/ap_on_re_us/us_cell_phone_warnings

Boland herself uses a cell phone, but with a speaker to keep the phone away from her head. She also leaves the phone off unless she's expecting a call. At issue is radiation emitted by all cell phones

I think Ms. Boland's tinfoil hat is on too tightly and is restricting blood flow to her brain.

If cell phones caused cancer, we'd all be dead by now.

 

[Muncher]

As long as it's not printed on the handset itself and only the packaging I guess it'll do no harm!

Maybe, but once cellphones are evil, that opens the door for more shoddy fear based research.

I for one believe the American Cancer Society:

Cell phone safety has been debated for years, but current research is contradictory or inconclusive. Some studies have suggested a link between cell phone use and brain cancer, as well as some benign tumors. Most studies, though, do not show a clear link.

 

[-aggie-]

Maybe, but once cellphones are evil, that opens the door for more shoddy fear based research.

I for one believe the American Cancer Society:

If you read this whole thread you'll find that I quoted that and other studies to the OP, but he'd rather rely on studies from quacks.

 

[StruckANerve]

How many people use Cell Phones in this country? 100 Million? If they caused cancer it would be painfully obvious by now.