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Federal scientists released partial findings Friday from a $25 million animal study that tested the possibility of links between cancer and chronic exposure to the type of radiation emitted from cell phones and wireless devices. The findings, which chronicle an unprecedented number of rodents subjected to a lifetime of electromagnetic radiation, present some of the strongest evidence to date that such exposure is associated with the formation of rare cancers in at least two cell types in the brains and hearts of rats.
There are some major caveats, though. The results were only observed in male rats; there weren't any significant effects seen in female rats. Exposure in utero didn't seem to affect cancer risk. And in male rats, the incidence of those two cancers was quite low. But even a small increase in the incidence of those cancers could have a major public health impact given how many people in the world regularly use cell phones.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Saturday May 28 2016, @04:49PM
Why do you assume the mechanism is breaking bonds? Radiation is well known for resonating with certain bonds which depending on lot different things, and can either facilitate or hinder the forming of bonds (as opposed to the breaking of bonds).
And, FWIW, even though the radiation may not, by itself, be sufficient to break bonds, it could easily be sufficient to lower the threshhold for something else breaking the bond.
This whole controversy can ONLY be settled by longitudinal studies with controls, and just try to set that up. It's a plausible argument, because there are many potential pathways in which it could happen. But it's also quite plausible that it's a false alarm. And the whole thing is too complex to construct a trustworthy model about. So experiments are the ONLY approach. But rats aren't people, and high levels of microwave radiation aren't at all equivalent to low levels.
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