[IP] WHO study says long-term wireless use increases cancer risk
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WHO study says long-term wireless use increases cancer risk
Scientists say more research needed
By Jeffrey Silva <javascript:mailToObfuscate('jsilva','crain.com')>
Oct 13, 2004
WASHINGTON-A new World Health Organization-backed study says long-term
mobile-phone use increases the risk of cancer, but scientists said
follow-up research is needed before it can be determined whether
wireless handsets pose a health danger to consumers.
The Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institute in
Stockholm, Sweden, today said research showed 10 or more years of
mobile-phone use increased the risk of acoustic neuroma on the side of
the head where the phone was usually used.
Acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor-occurring in less than one adult per
100,000 per year-on the auditory nerve that grows slowly over a period
of years before it is diagnosed.
The new findings appear similar to those previously reported by Swedish
scientist Lennart Hardell, whose research was attacked by industry
lawyers and ultimately discarded by U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake
two years ago in her dismissal of an $800 million cancer lawsuit
against Motorola Inc. and others.
The mobile-phone industry, which has been successful in health
litigation to date, faces six brain-cancer suits that Blake sent back
to the District of Columbia Superior Court in July. In addition,
industry is awaiting a ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in Richmond, Va., on Blake's rejection of five class-action
suits seeking to force wireless carriers to supply subscribers with
radiation-reducing headsets.
"It's potentially interesting. We're glad to see this research being
done and look forward to discussing it with the other government
agencies," said Bruce Romano, associate chief of the Office of
Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission.
"It certainly piques our interest," said Romano, whose agency next year
is expected to tackle a new radio frequency radiation exposure standard
that some claim is less stringent than current guidelines.
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