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Friday, October 15, 2004


Next week, in the latest issue of Duh! magazine. Cell phones cause brain tumors.
Ten or more years of mobile phone use increases the risk of developing acoustic neuroma, a benign tumor on the auditory nerve, according to a study released on Wednesday by Sweden's Karolinska Institute.
I can't wait to see how T-Spri-izon spins this. Analog cell phones? This study's data seems so general, and completely non-applicable to technology in wide use today.
The risk was confined to the side of the head where the phone was usually held and there were no indications of increased risk for those who have used their mobile for less than 10 years, the Karolinska Institute said in a statement.
Well shit, it's only on the side of your head where you use your phone? What are you bitching at? Buy a hat after they lop off half your head! But what of the particulars of the study?
"At the time when the study was conducted only analog mobile phones had been in use for more than 10 years and therefore we cannot determine if there results are confined to use of analog phones or if the results would be similar also after long-term use of digital (GSM) phones," it said.
Through the rapidly evolving technology of the cell-phone industry, they've put themselves in the unique position of only knowing the present dangers of last year's model. By the time any legitimate research is done on the current phones, I'm sure they'll be replaced.

But for now, the GSM phones are Ok, right? That's not the reason I crap my pants every time I walk by a microwave, is it? Is It?!?

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