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   Deadly Risk, Jan 20th, 2006 @ 8:37am

   
   

   i know a FIVE people with Brain Tumors from cell phones - some died already - yes people die from this - but are many doctors saying anything? Are many doctors reporting how many are dying form this? Why? because they dont want to be in court fighting the cell phone industry who has billion$. So what if they have billions, Truth always wins. See through the lies and find out the real facts. Theres tons of material out there that shows the evidence be sure its not funded by the cell phone industry

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   Steering Wheels As A Leading Industrial Killer

   

   dorpus, Jan 20th, 2006 @ 9:34am

   
   

   Since car companies cannot sell cars without steering wheels, the pressure is on steering wheel makers, of which there is a limited supply. Because steering wheel makers use recycling systems for emulsified machine oil/water mixtures, a type of mycobacterium has grown extremely well inside these recycling systems, causing a serious problem over the past decade with mass lung poisonings of steering wheel factory workers. Even advanced sterilization and steam cleaning has not prevented the mycobacterium from taking over factories within hours after cleaning. The psychological impact of toxic bacteria contaminating factories is great, causing a lot of problems for the auto industry.
   
   Or so I'm learning in my occupational medicine class -- bizarre occupational hazards you never heard of. Last week we learned about deadly beryllium toxins in our cell phones.
   
   
   

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   Re: Steering Wheels As A Leading Industrial Killer

   

   Rikko, Jan 20th, 2006 @ 9:52am

   
   

   Note to self:
   
   Don't eat steering wheels or cellular phones.

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   Re: Steering Wheels As A Leading Industrial Killer

   

   Joe Snuffy, Jan 20th, 2006 @ 9:55am

   
   

   What the hell are you talking about? A paragraph about steering wheels and a pair of sentences about phones? It's always good to learn something new i.e. bacteria in the work place, but sometimes you should just keep that info for yourself.
   
   Back to the point of this story, or at least a sidebar, cell phones don't cause sparks/fires while pumping your gas eigther (thank you MYTHBUSTERS). goes to show what happens when someone getws a crazy, untested/proven idea and runs with it.

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   brain cancer?

   

   José Nuno Ferreira, Jan 20th, 2006 @ 10:31am

   
   

   brain cancer caused by time actually talking on the phone...what about any other cancer (testicle,whatever) caused by the other 90% of the time it is in your pocket?

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   Re: brain cancer?

   

   Rikko, Jan 20th, 2006 @ 11:01am

   
   

   The phone is also in a pretty passive mode when it's in your pocket so the low level radiation coming off it doesn't compare.. Same reason I can have my phone in my pocket for two weeks but only at my head for about two hours before the battery gives out. Phones in standby are also transmitting and receiving *very* infrequently by comparison.
   
   
   Back to the point of this story, or at least a sidebar, cell phones don't cause sparks/fires while pumping your gas eigther (thank you MYTHBUSTERS). goes to show what happens when someone getws a crazy, untested/proven idea and runs with it.
   
   I thought they had those policies so people would pay attention to what they were doing while they were filling up?

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   Re: brain cancer?

   

   Joe Snuffy, Jan 20th, 2006 @ 1:11pm

   
   

   "I thought they had those policies so people would pay attention to what they were doing while they were filling up?"
   
   No, somebody thought that the phones increased static build up which of course would increase the chance of a spark. Turns out they were wrong.

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   Re: brain cancer?

   

   Anonymous of Course, Jan 20th, 2006 @ 3:29pm

   
   

   There is a lot to learn about the effects of electromagnetic
   fields applied biological processes. The common approach to
   epidemiological studies assume a linear relationship between
   dose and effect. But the effects of EM fields fall into
   amplitude and frequency windows. I believe this is a result
   of their influence on protein folding. In any case, the effect
   on intercellular calcium ion transport is well known.
   I wouldn't rush to a conclusion either on either side of the
   issue yet. Be prudent, limit your exposure.

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   true?

   

   Gin lemon senza lemon, Jan 22nd, 2006 @ 5:37pm

   
   

   This might be right, but everytime that i have to speak on the phone I always have the feeling that something is happening to me.

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    Re: absolutely true

    

    Anonymous Coward, Jan 22nd, 2006 @ 9:16pm

    
    

    This might be right, but every time that i have to speak on the phone I always have the feeling that something is happening to me.
    
    You are correct in the fact that cell phones do do something to you - they increase your age. Cells phones increase your age by a matter of 1 minute per every 1 minute that you are using them. Several studies on this topic have been done and the results all point to this being the absolute truth!

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