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No Cell Phone Cancer Risk Found -- Again
British researchers say in a British Medical Journal report to be published tomorrow that they have found no evidence that mobile phones cause brain cancer.British researchers say in a British Medical Journal report to be published tomorrow that they have found no evidence that mobile phones cause brain cancer.The researchers compared two populations -- one with cancer and the other without -- and found no difference in their behavior.
The problem is that studies that show a link between cell phone use and cancer seem to be on part with those that find no link.
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This recent study doesn't even come close to settling the matter. For starters, it focused only on the question of cancer within the first ten years of cell phone use -- we still have no idea what the longer-term issues are.
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