The Millennial Question

[vienna]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

The medical community has suggested a link with Incidences of brain Cancer and the use of Cellular phones. Gioma is the most common type of brain tumor. The common denominator was cell phone use. Right handed people tend to develop Cancers on the right side of their head while left handed tend to develop cancers on the left side of their brain. Obviously this is because people who tend to favor their right or left hand will ultimately hold their phone against their ears with that hand.

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You seem to be read up on the matter, so a question: is there any evidence, researched or anecdotal, of similar incidences of tumors on persons who store their phones on other parts of their bodies, such as a back pocket or shirt pocket, or on a belt? It would be interesting to see if the effect is not present on other body areas; the correlation would not be so much solely the radiation but, rather, the disposition of brain matter to the radiation...

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

...You may dispute the findings as much as you like but prudence would suggest that because of the links, Cell Phones do pose a significant health risk and according to the articles, the most susceptible are those under the age of 20. ...

Still looking for a way to get those whippersnappers to put down their mobiles, eh?...




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[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by vienna

You seem to be read up on the matter, so a question: is there any evidence, researched or anecdotal, of similar incidences of tumors on persons who store their phones on other parts of their bodies, such as a back pocket or shirt pocket, or on a belt? It would be interesting to see if the effect is not present on other body areas; the correlation would not be so much solely the radiation but, rather, the disposition of brain matter to the radiation...



Still looking for a way to get those whippersnappers to put down their mobiles, eh?...




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As I said, the connection is at least a " casual " one. To be honest Vienna,
I know a little bit about the cell phones but certainly not enough to say one way or the other . You mentioned having the Cell phone somewhere else on your body and I have wondered the same thing. If there are dangers in WiFi use, I would think the dangers would increase exponentially if the phone's are in close proximity to the body. Wearing them in a belt clip comes to mind.

Research is ongoing and the connection is contested. I do think that if there is at least a casual connection, Prudence suggests people understand the dangers and enact safety measures.

whippersnappers eh ? I guess we are all guilty of having and using them.


Leave it to you to be the voice of reason, as always Vienna.

[vienna]

Well, if you're going to insult me and accuse me of being reasonable, I'll leave in a huff...make that a minute and a huff...

I don't know if it has any real effect in the avoidance of possibly harmful radiation, but I do make it a practice to turn off the Wi-Fi and mobile data functions on my phone and I usually carry the phone in a sort of day bag I sling over my shoulder, along with my other items, books, etc. After I finished my prior post, I had a vague recollection of seeing something some months back on a TV news report about breast cancer cases in women who stored the mobiles in their bras. I found this link on that subject:

http://ehtrust.org/key-issues/cell-p...breast-cancer/



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[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by vienna

Well, if you're going to insult me and accuse me of being reasonable, I'll leave in a huff...make that a minute and a huff...

I had a vague recollection of seeing something some months back on a TV news report about breast cancer cases in women who stored the mobiles in their bras. I found this link on that subject:

http://ehtrust.org/key-issues/cell-p...breast-cancer/



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Well, if you can't insult friends, who else can you insult.

I hadn't Heard of cell phones being kept in bras and it seems a strange place to keep them a cell phone or anything else for that matter. I'm sure this was the brainchild of law firms like U.R. Screwed and others to catch cheating husbands in the act.

Interesting read nonetheless. Thanks for posting the link.

[em2nought]

Millennials are like a virus infecting the older generations as well. I swear I get so much useless communication from so many bored, lonely, or other people that I can hardly get any physical work done anymore. It's not like my generation was born to multi task anyway.

I'd like an app that communicates with all these people in a way that they think it's actually me talking/texting/emailing/etc with them. At the end of the day it could filter out all the crap and just give me anything really really really important. I'd pay big $ for an app like that.

[Onkel Neal]

Well, if the current Millennial generation are spoiled, soft, easily-distracted and lazy, I blame the parents--my generation.

But don't give up hope, a lot of them will grow up and turn out ok.