There is evidence of a new risk of cancer
from your mobile device.
A study, published in the American Journal of
Epidemiology, found that those who held a
handset to their ear for several hours a day
(an average of 22 hours per month) were 50-percent
more likely to develop a tumor in the parotid
gland.
The parotid gland is the largest of the salivary
glands. Historically, salivary gland cancer was
a very rare occurrence.
However, the proximity of the glands to the phone
has been of particular interest to scientists
concerned about the radio-frequency radiation
emitted from cell devices since their popularity
soared over a decade ago.
As part of an international Interphone Study,
Dr. Siegal Sadetzki, an epidemiologist at
nearly 500 people who had been diagnosed with
salivary gland tumors. The data was compared
to 1300 healthy subjects.
A significant part of the study is that it
was conducted in
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