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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

      Another day, another major health scare that is a) entirely meaningless to most people's lives and b) likely not actually a problem at all Cell/mobile phones aren't linked to cancerpic.twitter.com/sbrJTEb2eS

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

      The idea is this: that mobile phones are used ubiquitously, and even though the type of radiation they produce can't usually cause DNA damage that leads to cancer, given enough phones and enough radiation it potentially could

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

      It's not easy to test this type of exposure in humans, so the scientists did it in mice Study is here https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/results/areas/cellphones/index.html …

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

      They exposed rats and mice to between 1 and 4 times the maximum dose that it is possible to get from a mobile phone, for 9 hours a day, for their entire livespic.twitter.com/4ddi9ZcisK

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

      And when I say "entire lives", I mean it. This exposure started in utero and continued until pretty much until death

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

      This was also whole-body exposure. The rodents were bathed in radiation for 9 in every 24 hours

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    7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

      And, remember, they amount of this radiation was, at a minimum, as high as the absolute highest level of radiation that has been found to have been emitted by any cell phone on the market

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    8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

      So what did this study find? Firstly, rodents who were exposed to higher levels of radiation lived longer Yes, you heard that rightpic.twitter.com/vgAA2BIwcM

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

      Rodents exposed to more radiation survived longer, on average, than those in the control group Not something most media outlets reported!

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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

          There was also a small, but statistically significant, increase in the risk of several types of rare cancer in the exposed rodentspic.twitter.com/Egwv3O9IJ3

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

          From this study, we can conclude that exposure to mobile phone radiation at a level higher than most humans could possibly experience, for a third of a person's entire lifespan, might potentially cause an increase of a few percent in some rare cancers In rats

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        4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

          It's important to note that studies in humans have so far not demonstrated a link between mobile phones and cancer in either the short or long termpic.twitter.com/nUz0tOsHLx

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        5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

          If we look at rats, who are exposed to radiation literally hundreds of times higher than we could possibly get using a mobile phone, we see a tiny increase in risk that only happens in male rats

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        6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

          It's also worth remembering that this radiation was the type used in 2G and 3G services, so it may not even apply to current phone technology!

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        7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

          When we look at human studies, we see no link between cellphones and cancer at all

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        8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

          Do phones cause cancer? It's very, very unlikely. Unless you spend your day bathing in them, you would be unlikely to get even a fraction of the dose of these rats

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        9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

          Can radiation that is produced by phones cause cancer? That's a different question. Probably, in high enough doses, but even unregulated phones would be unlikely to give you a high enough dose

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        10. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

          It's also worth remembering that this study doesn't speak at all to the MAGNITUDE of the risk This is a very important point

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        11. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 1 Nov 2018

          Would it change anything if mobile phone radiation caused a minute increase in the risk of an already rare cancer? Maybe? Probably? It's a hard question

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