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Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by throwaway11460 on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:02PM (#40347700)
What about all the adults that got phones between 2000-2015 and use them since then to today?

I'd expect a 50 year old person that uses a phone for the past 25 years to be full of holes if cellphone usage has any effect on kids using them for few years. Especially since older phones were radiating much more energy.

Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by nick__m on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:15PM (#40347869)
Not necessarily, assume that cellular radio emissions effects on cells is like really a mild form of radiotherapy. It would mostly impact some cells undergoing mitosis while having almost no impact on mature slowly dividing cells.

I am not saying that cellular radio are harmful but it's cumulative impact on dividing cells should be tested to exclude that possibility.

Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by JumpCrisscross on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:50PM (#40348260)
> assume that cellular radio emissions effects on cells is like really a mild form of radiotherapy

Except it’s not. It’s thermal. The heat from your cell phone is more carcinogenic than its EM emissions.

Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by Thiez on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:31PM (#40348054)
The human digestive tract is constantly creating new cells, it's a lot like skin in that sense. I doubt teens have much significantly more mitosis in their butts compared to adults.
Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by throwaway11460 on Monday May 13, 2024 @04:29PM (#40348029)
Cells are always being replaced, you replace almost every cell in your body each decade.
Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by JPLeRouzic on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @02:00AM (#40352072)
Not true for neurons, some heart cells, skeletal muscle cells (muscle fibers), red blood, etc

That's a lot of indispensable cells that do not reproduce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletal_muscle#Skeletal_muscl...

Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by throwaway11460 on Tuesday May 14, 2024 @04:24AM (#40352829)
Indeed, that's why I said almost - but it's true for the squishy parts of the abdomen we're talking about.