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To: nickcarraway

A very flawed study which doesn't prove much of anything despite pervasive headlines. Both the length of exposure and the levels of radiation were unrealistic. The additional increase was slight, and seen only in male rats.

A number of respected researchers have also questioned the study.

Interestingly, the rats in the control group did not live as long as those exposed to the radiation. This makes the results suspect because it is well known that longevity contributes to the likelihood of cancer (greater age = more cell divisions, roughly speaking.)

Should the headline have been: Use Cell Phones, Live Longer? It easily could have been, based on the outcome of the study. But that doesn't sell newspapers.

5 posted on 05/28/2016 12:27:08 PM PDT by FredZarguna (And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Fifth Avenue to be Born?)

To: FredZarguna; nickcarraway; All

"They claim that rats get brain and heart cancer out of the cell phone radiation. But only the male rats. And those tumors are great because they increase the rats' life expectancy! ;-)"

24 posted on 05/28/2016 12:48:04 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)

41 posted on 05/28/2016 3:57:47 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)

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