Recently, a world-renowned brain surgeon — Dr. Vini Khurana — declared that cell phones pose a potential greater risk of “certain brain tumors”, effectively doubling the risk of such. Per one article and another one:
. . . reviewed more than 100 studies on the effects of mobile phones (and) there is a significant and increasing body of evidence for a link between mobile phone usage and certain brain tumours”. He believes this will be “definitively proven” in the next decade.
Though Dr. Khurarana’s paper on this topic is under peer review, another article in the Scientific American claims that “electromagnetic signals from cell phones can change one’s your brainwaves and behavior” such as inducing insomnia.
Naturally, all of this may be a problem for Korea, where the most popular gift request for Children’s Day was — a cell phone and cell phones are like water.
Some people have problems with regular phones usage, which, judging from the effect phone calls have on Sohn Hak-kyu, can cause irritability. Such, at least, can not be blamed upon “mad cow”.
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Another recent study: Mobile Phone Use While Pregnant May ‘Seriously Damage Baby,’ Study Says.
Makes one wonder what carrying a cell phone around in the front pocket could do to a guy’s nuts.
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a smooth, stimulating vibration in my experience
As I am currently surrounded by EM field from my laptop, second laptop, microwave, tv, desktop, second desktop, cell phone, iPod, PS2, PSP, and my awesome oscillating fans, I resigned myself long ago to any adverse effects EM field have on me.
I think we all suspect – gut feel – that cellphones are nuking our brains. I mean, when a call or sms comes and you’re on a desktop, look what it does to the electronic signals? Imagine what the microwaves do when pressed against our skulls?
I remember when they were saying living beneath the magnetic waves from high-tension power lines was causing these people cancer in the 70′s and 80′s. Twenty years later these same people started taking to wearing magnets around their ankles and waists because of health benefits. The sky is truly falling chicken little.
It doesn’t matter, the Koreans will claim kimchee cures any effects cell phones have on humans.
“Maddlew” reminds me much of some of these “New Age” imbeciles, that ascribe special powers to quartz crystals and act as if objects are repositories of bad vibes. If I had a penny for the number of women Tarot enthusiasts I’ve run into, wielding this nonsense, I would be rich.
Despite such people, it is probably a good idea to use an ear plug with a cell phone and not keep one around too close to one’s bed since it does seem that the use of such is one source of insomnia.
I mostly use a house phone and the hand phone for SMS. I have noticed that using the handset definitely has an effect upon me, for I find I can not stand reading about Sohn Hak-kyu without becoming annoyed.
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Well, how far can you take it? Are you going to unplug everything? Imagine the variety of stuff we are being bombarded with by that big bright glob in the sky. By living we are continually being exposed to it all even within the natural course of events and don’t kid yourself, to a greater degree than most of these luxury accoutrements are. If you think that it’s nature and it’s safe, once again, don’t kid yourself. Solar radiation is causing all kinds of havoc.
The insurance companies will have us one day entombed in bubble, floating around one another in a lifeless life because having a pulse is just too dangerous.
The reason cell phones cause insomnia is because people are up all night text messaging their friends.
I personally wrap my head in tin foil before using my phone.
It also helps block out the interstellar messages from Cygnus X-1.
“It also helps block out the interstellar messages from Cygnus X-1.”
Is that why you missed the meeting last night? Traitor.
9: New Age Enthusiasts? What’s with all the negative vibes? I think you need some time to meditate…
Seriously, though, try being a little more open-minded… Modern science might be more advanced than ancient science but we’re all backward barbarians in some ways… Even if we don’t think so now, future generations will. Needles, marriage, vitamins, exercise, and organized religion will all become obsolete sooner or later but superstitions never will, because they fulfill a basic human need: to believe in something.
OJ’s defense lawyer, Johnny Cochran, used his cell-phone on the average 10 hours each day. He died of a brain tumor. The location of the brain tumor: the area next to his habitual cell-phone listening ear.
I wrap my balls in tin-foil. How about you!
You know what’s funny?
When people “respond” to critics with condescending snootiness… but miss the entire point of the criticism and instead respond to some poorly-understood caricature of the argument.
That’s funny.
There was a woman who called herself George because she thought, and rightly so, that by fooling people into thinking she was a man she would gain a broader audience. “The world is full of hopeful analogies and dubious eggs called possibilities.” I’m guilty myself.
Given that the most common place to stuff our phone is in our back pockets, I’ve wondered if there will be a raging wave of ‘Cancer of the right ass-cheek’ in 10 years.
Then we’ll all have to get ass-putations.
It would seem that North Korea is one of the few places safe from excessive cell phone use.
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