Connection Between Cell Phones and Cancer Has Been Found. Should We Be Worried?

Re:Connection Between Cell Phones and Cancer Has Been Found.... by jeremysmyth on Monday May 30, 2016 @01:19PM (#11802199)

It also shows "the male rats exposed to cell-phone radiation actually lived longer than the control group". I'm not quite sure how to take such jarring results.

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Re:Connection Between Cell Phones and Cancer Has Been Found.... by cozzyd on Monday May 30, 2016 @01:39PM (#11802280)

If they did not properly account for longevity then it's easy to see how (live longer -> higher chance of cancer)

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Re:Connection Between Cell Phones and Cancer Has Been Found.... by jeremysmyth on Monday May 30, 2016 @01:55PM (#11802332)

Exactly. So—assuming all results are statistically significant—where's the causal relationship? Radiation-> Cancer? Radiation->Lives longer? Lives longer->Cancer? and if there are two results that are related independently of this study (lives longer/gets more cancer), then how can we presume one of the other results is more "valid" than another (as broadcast in the headlines)

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Re:Connection Between Cell Phones and Cancer Has Been Found.... by cozzyd on Monday May 30, 2016 @02:01PM (#11802356)

There were 6 times as many test groups as control groups (3 intensities * 2 modulations). It would have been good to have more control groups to reduce statistical effects.

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