Long Term Use of Cell Phones Linked to Brain Tumors

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Report Shows Long Term Use of Cell Phones Linked to Brain Tumors

Sunday, December 28, 2008 by: Gutierrez, staff writer

http://www.naturalnews.com/025181.html

(NaturalNews) A report by Toronto Public Health advises children to limit

their use of cell phones as much as possible, citing studies that have

linked long-term mobile phone exposure to an increased risk of brain tumors.

" We think it's responsible to limit children's exposure, " the researchers

wrote.

" While scientists were pretty dismissive of any risk years ago, with the

accumulation of studies, it appears people who have been using their phones

for a long period of time are at greater risk of certain kinds of brain

tumors. " said report co-author Loren Vanderlinden.

Toronto Public Health recommends that children use land lines whenever

possible, using mobile phones only for " essential purposes. " When cell

phones are used, the report urges children to keep calls shorter than 10

minutes and to use headsets or other hands-free devices as much as possible.

Limiting cellular phone use is especially important for pre-adolescents, the

authors said.

" Teach [children] the ways to use a cell phone responsibly, " Vanderlinden

advised parents. " To make shorter calls, to use other modes of

communication; if it's possible, use a landline. "

Researchers suspect that the thinner skulls and smaller heads of children

place them at greater risk than adults from the same degree of mobile phone

radiation. Indeed, some studies have confirmed that cell phone radiation

penetrates deeper into the brains of children than adults.

The use of cellular phones has dramatically increased in Canada over the

last 10 years, particularly among children. Approximately 61 percent of

children between the ages of 12 in 19 now use mobile phones. The numbers for

children under the age of 12 are not known.

The Toronto warning is the first warning against cellular phone use in

Canada, and is similar to warnings that have been issued in Belgium,

England, France, Germany and Russia. Health Canada, the country's public

health agency, said it had no plans to follow Toronto's lead.

Sources for this story include: www.upi.com; www.ctv.ca; www.cbc.ca.