technology? More explicitly can cell phones cause cancer? This question is the basis of this review. The researcher has compiled articles that cover this topic from diverse scholarly sources‚ and diverse countries. It is undeniable that cellular technology has become main stream. "It was estimated that there were 92 million cell phone users in the US‚ a number growing by one million every month." (Frumkin‚ Jacobson‚ Gansler & Thun 2001). The arrival and widespread use of cell phones has peaked interest
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Cell Phones Might Cause Cancer I remember the first time my grandfather told me he had cancer. My assumption was that it was all health related. Yet I learned that it was also caused by the usage of electronic devices. I was shocked and surprised of this news. Will this start to affect the future of my generation? It seems like everyone is on some type of electronic device everywhere you look.. Cell phones first became widely available in the United States in the 1990s. Ever since then the use
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“Largest Study on Cell Phones and Cancer Finds No Link”‚ Associated Press‚ Time‚ October 21‚ 2011 This article talks about how cell phones are not linked to cancer. According to Danish researchers‚ the biggest study ever consisting of 350‚000 people found no evidence of any link. This concluded that people who have used a cell phone for a decade don’t have different cancer rates than those who have not. Last year‚ a different study found no connection between cell phones and cancer. But it showed
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------------- Nov 09‚ 2010 Cell Phones = Cancer? You may have heard on the news or even from your own mother that holding your cell phone too close to your head or using it too much will cause brain damage. Can such a small device really cause such harsh damage to someone’s brain or is it just an urban legend? Ron Pawl‚ of Center for Pain Treatment and Rehabilitation‚ disagrees and believes the dangers of cell phones are all too true. On my stance I would have to agree with Pawl; cell phone companies need
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Digital Cancer If someone were to ask you what is the worst disease to get‚ what would you say? Many people will probably say cancer. Cancer is one of the worst diseases in the world‚ ways to get it are beginning to get higher and higher everyday. They say you can get it from your cellular device that a lot of people use everyday! I will tell you how electronics and cell phones might be able to give you brain cancer. The way cell phones work isn’t as complicated as you think. Its pretty
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can cell phones cause cancer? This article is about if cell phones can cause brain cancer and slows brain metabolism. The scientists had volunteers to test out there theories. The volunteers held a flip phone to their ear for 50 minutes with a signal and then held the phone to their ear for 50 minutes without signal. "metabolism in the region closest to the antenna was significantly higher [about 7 percent] for on than off conditions." (nora Volcow) That region includes the orbitofrontal cortex
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Driving can be very dangerous on its own without distractions but when you add driving while using a cell phone in the mix you have the perfect ingredients for a disaster. I believe cell phones are very dangerous while driving by using them for voice and especially texting and should be banned. Some reasons I believe this is when a driver is talking on the phone they are focusing more on the conversation than driving. The second reason is when your texting you are looking down and also not focusing
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OncOlOgy Myths and legends Patricia a. Weiss‚ rn‚ Msn‚ Ocn®‚ ccrP—assOciate editOr Can Tattoos Cause Cancer? Anthony R. Doremus‚ LPN Myth: Tattooing has risen in popularity‚ but can this body art increase the risk of cancer? Answer: Tattoos and body piercings have been prevalent for thousands of years in many cultures. Tattooed mummies from Egypt‚ Peru‚ and the Philippines have been radiocarbon dated to 2000 BC. The word tattoo is derived from the Tahitian word ta-tau‚ which means “the
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Rebuttal BCOM/275 March 19‚ 2012 Tania Say Article Rebuttal Does the Use of Cell Phones Cause Brain Cancer? The Opponent’s Argument In this paper valid points will be presented to refute the statement made by Dr. Ronald Herberman‚ Director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute‚ to his faculty and staff on July 21‚ 2008. “Limit cell phone use because of the potential risk of cancer” (Reyes‚ 2009). Herberman based his claim on unpublished data and stated “it takes
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Dangers of Cell Phones Our community has increased greatly in technology during the past 20-30 years. Cell phones have given us more freedom and have also given us more freedom and have also given us the ability to communicate with anyone we want at anytime we choose. Cell phones‚ to some‚ are the greatest things invented to mankind‚ but every single thing must have a negative side. What is the negative side of cell phones? Cell phones are a horrible distraction‚ they are said to cause cancer and also
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