Brain Cancer and Cell Phones

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Brain cancer and cell phones

Cell phones are used in our everyday lives, it is a thing that people use for their business, entertainment, or communicating with each other. The case that is related to brain cancer is due to the usage of cell phones, and it has sprouted the attention of the scientists from worldwide. According to the researchers people are getting brain tumors and benign tumor on the auditory nerve. Countries such as U.K, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany are where the research is conducted, in view of the fact that they have the highest statistics usage of cell phones.

According to the researchers Long-term use of cell phone could raise health concerns, which they also believe that it can increase the risk of getting acoustic neuromas. Acoustic neuroma is a type of tumor that grows over a period of years, before being diagnosed. They found that, “it occurs in less than one adult per 100,000, per year.” (“The Standard” Magazine, “Study: Mobile phone use increases brain tumor risk”. Article by Scarlet Pruitt. Published: October 14, 2004). The researchers also discovered that the possibility of increase in the risk of tumor is on the side of brain where the phone is generally held. Therefore, the scientists pointed out that with analogue phones, which have also been used for a decade or more could not be determined if the same results would apply to long-term use of mobile phones. The research takes place in part of a large international study, which is known as “Interphone”, and it is coordinated by the World Health Organization’s Cancer Research Institute.

Scientists are using lab rats to observe if there are any connections between cell phones and brain tumor. They believe that the risk of getting brain tumor is due to the microwave radiation in mobile phones, where the magnetic field is attracted from the telephone posts. Dr Henry Lai and Dr. N.P Singh believed that, “the radiation changed brain cell membranes in the rats - and the effects are so severe that it could affect humans, too.” ("Physics and Biology of Mobile Telephony". Pg. 24-26 Written by Dr. Gerald Hyland. May, 2005). Dr. Gerald Hyland, who is a British psychiatrist he believes that he found an evidence that “Low intensity, pulsed radiation currently used, could exert non-thermal influences could have health consequences.”And to support his evidence, he conducted a study where rats were used with radiation exposure. They study group has carried out a survey to question the patients who have brain cancer, in this survey the patients were asked if they have been using mobile phones or not and how long they have been using it for.

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Neurologists who carried the study also exposed rats to microwave pulses which are similar to the productions from a mobile phone to calculate the effect on the body’s blood- brain barrier. Within only two minutes of exposure the neurologists said, “We saw the opening of the blood-brain barrier even after a short exposure to radiation at the same level as mobile phones.” The picture below is represented for a comparison of brains from unexposed and exposed rats:

Exposed rats on the right side of diagram with dark dots in the brain shows that ...

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