The latest Interphone findings pointing to a link between brain tumors and long-term use of a mobile phone should not be dismissed
January 26... The latest Interphone findings pointing to a link between brain
tumors and long-term use of a mobile phone (see January 22
below) should not be dismissed, according to members of the European research
team that published the new results. "This is something you have to take
seriously," Maria Feychting of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm told
the Expressen, a Swedish national tabloid. Feychting advises
those who are concerned to use a hands-free set to reduce radiation exposures.
Anssi Auvinen of STUK, the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Helsinki,
another coauthor of the new study, told the U.K. Telegraph that the location and timing of the tumors makes the finding plausible.
"It seems credible as it was after long-term exposure —which makes sense
in terms of the length of time it takes for tumors to develop— and it is localized
to the side of the head where the handset is held," he said.
Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic, the FDA's Center for Devices and
Radiological Health (CDRH) is taking a wait-and-see approach.
Howard Cyr, CDRH's point man on cell phones and health, told RCR Wireless News that he wants to see the final Interphone
results before drawing any conclusions. It's not clear when the full 13-country
results will be published, but it will probably not be for some time.
The mobile phone industry has yet to offer any official comment. CTIA, the wireless association in
Washington, did not include any mention of the new study in its daily news
roundup distributed by e-mail.
The Florida Sun-Sentinel is so far the only U.S. newspaper to cover the new brain tumor study.
The Awful
"Truth": The FDA had no time to read
the new study
“Our staff
epidemiologists and statisticians have
not had
sufficient time to read and analyze this paper as of now"
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