There have been many studies in favor and many against that cell phone usage increases the risk of (brain) tumors. They are mostly based on statistics and the good old saying goes "Don't trust any statistics you haven't forged yourself."
As far as removing the SIM from the phone will disable the transmitter is concerned, I doubt it since cells phones allow making emergency calls even if no SIM is installed. But that's only my logic. I am not a cell phone expert. Rudi On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Niels Mayer <nielsma...@gmail.com> wrote: > A new study has been released on cellphone radiation risks. Although I > take such "mainstream medicine" releases with a giant boulder of salt > (they always under-report, over-simplify, and trivialize health > risks), even the most critical reading of the document should give > pause to those exposed to the very highest levels cellphone radiation. > > Question: When not doing development on the "cell" part of a handset > -- how can one ensure that the cellular transmitter is off and will > stay off in Meego? > Would not installing the cellular SIM disable the cell transmitter? > > .......................... > > http://nielsmayer.com/npm/cellphonebraintumorrisk.pdf > > Conclusion > > This is the largest study of the risk of brain tumours in relation to > mobile phone use conducted to date and it included substantial numbers > of subjects who had used mobile phones for ≥10 years. Overall, no > increase in risk of either glioma or meningioma was observed in > association with use of mobile phones. There were suggestions of an > increased risk of glioma, and much less so meningioma, at the highest > exposure levels, for ipsilateral exposures and, for glioma, for > tumours in the temporal lobe. However, biases and errors limit the > strength of the conclusions we can draw from these analyses and > prevent a causal interpretation. > > Sidebar > Ke y M e s s age > > INTERPHONE is the largest case–control study of mobile phone use and > brain tumours yet and includes the largest numbers of users with at > least 10 years of exposure. A reduced OR for glioma and meningioma > related to ever having been a regular mobile phone user possibly > reflects participation bias or other methodological limitations. No > elevated OR for glioma or meningioma was observed ≥10 years after > first phone use. There were suggestions of an increased risk of > glioma, and much less so meningioma, in the highest decile of > cumulative call time, in subjects who reported usual phone use on the > same side of the head as their tumour and, for glioma, for tumours in > the temporal lobe. Biases and errors limit the strength of the > conclusions that can be draw n from these analyses and prevent a > causal interpretation. > > Niels > http://nielsmayer.com > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-community mailing list > MeeGo-community@meego.com > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community >
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