New studies show a correlation between Cell Phone radiation and cancer. However, the correlation is evident in lab rats, so the debates over causality or whether any effects arise in people will continue. The ionizing radiation given off by sources such as x-ray machines and the sun pose cancer risk by shredding molecules in the body. As for cell phone's and other wireless devices non-ionizing radio-frequency (RF) radiation just has one known biological effect; an ability to heat tissue by exciting its molecules. Now studies show that prolonged exposure to even very low levels of RF radiation, makes rats uniquely prone to a rare tumor called a schwannoma, which affects a type of neuron (or nerve cell) called a Schwann cell. Researchers at the National Toxicology Program, a federal interagency group under the National Institutes of Health have tested over 3,000 rats and mice of both sexes for two years resulted in RF effects in nearly 2,500 rats from the fetal stage until death. Studies have evaluated the radiation exposures in different ways. The NTP study focused the “near-field” exposures, which approximate how users are dosed while using cell phones. On the other hand, the Ramazzini researchers looked at “far-field” exposures, which approximate the wireless RF radiation from ...
Monday 2 April 2018
New studies see strong link between mobile phone radiation, cancer in rats
New studies show a correlation between Cell Phone radiation and cancer. However, the correlation is evident in lab rats, so the debates over causality or whether any effects arise in people will continue. The ionizing radiation given off by sources such as x-ray machines and the sun pose cancer risk by shredding molecules in the body. As for cell phone's and other wireless devices non-ionizing radio-frequency (RF) radiation just has one known biological effect; an ability to heat tissue by exciting its molecules. Now studies show that prolonged exposure to even very low levels of RF radiation, makes rats uniquely prone to a rare tumor called a schwannoma, which affects a type of neuron (or nerve cell) called a Schwann cell. Researchers at the National Toxicology Program, a federal interagency group under the National Institutes of Health have tested over 3,000 rats and mice of both sexes for two years resulted in RF effects in nearly 2,500 rats from the fetal stage until death. Studies have evaluated the radiation exposures in different ways. The NTP study focused the “near-field” exposures, which approximate how users are dosed while using cell phones. On the other hand, the Ramazzini researchers looked at “far-field” exposures, which approximate the wireless RF radiation from ...
