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<H1 class=a5>Study: Long-term cell use raises brain tumor risk</H1>By
Reuters<BR>URL: <A
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<P><!-- MAC ad --><!-- NO AD TEXT: _QUERY_STRING="POSTHTML=%3C%2Fdiv%3E&POS=100&SP=24&PREHTML=%3Cdiv%20style%3D%22position%3A%20relative%3B%20float%3A%20right%3B%20margin%3A%2010px%3B%22%3E" _REQ_NUM="0" _URI="/2102-1040_22-6056325.html?tag=printthis" --><!-- MAC-AD STATUS: COULD NOT MAP ( _MAPPINGS='ZDNN' BRAND='2' SITE='22' SP='24' CNET-PTYPE='00' POS='100' NCAT='1040:' CNET-PARTNER-ID='1' ) TO _RGROUP; found neither ad file nor cdata --><!-- MAC [r20050915-0725-robm-v1-10-1-downgrade-non-null-warning:1.10.1] c10-btg-xw6.cnet.com::1015870 2006.04.01.00.01.49 --><!-- MAC T e.f.11 --><B>The
use of mobile phones over a long period of time can raise the risk for
brain tumors, a new Swedish study said on Friday, contradicting the
conclusions of other researchers. </B></P>
<P>The Dutch Health Council, in an overview of research from around the
world, last year found no evidence radiation from mobile phones and TV
towers was harmful. A four-year British survey released in January showed
no link between regular, long-term use of cell phones and the most common
type of tumor. </P>
<P>However, researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life
said they looked at the mobile phone use of 905 people between the age of
20 and 80 who had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and found a
link. </P>
<P>"A total 85 of these 905 cases were so-called high users of mobile
phones, that is they began early to use mobile and/or wireless telephones
and used them a lot," the study said. </P>
<P>"The study also shows that the rise in risk is noticeable for tumors on
the side of the head where the phone was said to be used," it added. </P><!-- STORY TEASE --><NEWSELEMENT><!-- missing include --></NEWSELEMENT><!-- END STORY TEASE -->
<P>Kjell Mild, who led the study, said the figures meant that heavy users
of mobile phones, for instance of who make mobile phone calls for 2,000
hours or more in their life, had a 240 percent increased risk for a
malignant tumor on the side of the head the phone is used. </P>
<P>"The way to get the risk down is to use hands-free," he told Reuters.
</P>
<P>He said his study was the biggest yet to look at long-term users of the
wireless phone, which has been around in Sweden in a portable form since
1984, longer than in many other countries.
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