Eye on Health - Phones

The director of the pittsburgh cancer institute has gone where others in the scientific community...  More »

The director of the pittsburgh cancer institute has gone where others in the scientific community have been hesitant to go. He says lives are at stake... that you are taking a risk every time you use your cellphone. Perry Olson has more in tonight's eye on health. ** TEXTING OR TALKING ** CELL PHONES HAVE BECOME OUR INTERHUMAN CONNECTORS.....WE USE THEM WITHOUT THOUGHT WHICH IS JUST WHAT CONCERNS DR RONALD HERBERMAN 5:56:00 (DR HERBERMAN) [CG :0 BAR\Dr. Ronald Herberman\PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE] **I would really hate to stand by and wait for an epidemic of brain tumors to occure before something is done about it. ** SO TODAY DR RONALD HERBERMAN PUT OUT AN INTERNAL PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE ADVISORY THAT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE INTERNAL AT ALL. A CELL PHONE CAUTION AUTHORED BY SCIENTIST IN PITTSBURGH, Canada, AND EUROPE....AS THEY LOOKED AT THE AS YET UNRELEASED INTERPHONE STUDY OF 9000 CELL PHONE USERS WORLDWIDE... 23:29:06 (DR DAVIS) [CG :0 BAR\Dr. Devra Davis\DIR., ENVIRONMENTAL ONCOLOGY PCI] ** THEY HAVE FOUND A DOUBLE RISK OF BRAIN TUMORS AND ACOUSTIC NEUROMAS AND OTHER TUMORS OF THE HEAD. ** BUT DR DEVRA DAVIS AT THE PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE SAYS ITS ANTIDOTAL EVIDENICE TO DATE.....AND MORE INDEPTH STUDIES ARE NEEDED 19:58:00 ** we need time, but in the meantime we need to take precautions. ** AND PRIMARILY TO PROTECTION CHILDREN WH'O'S SKULLS ARE NOT FULLY DEVELOPED UTNIL AGE 17 AND ACORDING TOTHIS STUDY ARE MORE SUSECPTABLE TO THE CELL PHONE'S ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES. 11:43:00 ** we are concernd and we think it makes sence for children not to use cell phones exepect in emergencies. [CG :0 BAR\Estalaina Foster\HILL DISTRICT] Estalaina Foster\HILL DISTRICT 2:09:06:00 ** it's a possibility it could be true I'm not sure. ** is it going to change antying for you ** I cannot tell you that cell phones are safe, I cannot tell you that cell phones are dangerous I can tell you it's a risk that I don't want my childrena and grandchildren to take. 6:15:00 ** this is basically what happened in the linkage between tobacco and lung cancer. and there were an awful lot of people who died of cancer in that time and I'd like to try to prevent that from happening in this case.  « Less