Brain tumors affect some 700,000 people in the United States and are the second leading cause of cancer deaths amid children under age 20 and for men between the ages of 20 and 39. At the American Brain Tumor Association’s annual conference, experts discussed the rising use of cell phones, advancing age, genetics and smoking as possible cause factors for brain tumors.
Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, one of the main speakers at the conference, talked about the possible risk factors and causes for brain tumors, stating that she “wanted to let individuals be reassured that their brain tumor or their child’s tumor was not because of something they did or the cause of anything currently known about that they might have done or exposed themselves to, such as cell phones.”
The article on the conference goes on to say,“It has been speculated that cell phone use might have caused brain tumors at one time; more recent studies have not shown any strong link between the two. While earlier assumptions had also forecast a rise in the number of brain tumors worldwide when cell phones became such an essential part of life the whole globe over, studies have shown there was no risk.”
Has Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan and the American Brain Tumor Association never heard of the studies of Dr. Lennart Hardell? Advocates for safer wireless technology are asking that a reply be drafted to this misleading article, which has appeared in medical and other publications.
Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, one of the main speakers at the conference, talked about the possible risk factors and causes for brain tumors, stating that she “wanted to let individuals be reassured that their brain tumor or their child’s tumor was not because of something they did or the cause of anything currently known about that they might have done or exposed themselves to, such as cell phones.”
The article on the conference goes on to say,“It has been speculated that cell phone use might have caused brain tumors at one time; more recent studies have not shown any strong link between the two. While earlier assumptions had also forecast a rise in the number of brain tumors worldwide when cell phones became such an essential part of life the whole globe over, studies have shown there was no risk.”
Has Dr. Jill Barnholtz-Sloan and the American Brain Tumor Association never heard of the studies of Dr. Lennart Hardell? Advocates for safer wireless technology are asking that a reply be drafted to this misleading article, which has appeared in medical and other publications.
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by Kimberly Ruble, guardianlv.com, 27 July 2014