Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors? Another Piece of the Puzzle
Menée sur la période 1996-2001 par questionnaires auprès de 776 156 femmes nées entre 1935 et 1950 (durée de suivi : 14 ans), cette étude analyse l'association entre l'utilisation d'un téléphone mobile et le risque de tumeur cérébrale (3 268 cas)
—You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet. Reverend Theodore Hesburgh, Time magazineNo greater puzzle exists in epidemiology than trying to determine what causes diseases like cancer. It is a puzzle with metaphysical roots that can be traced back to the ancient Greeks. And it is a puzzle with great complexity that tests our ingenuity and skill. We work so hard to solve it because its solutions can lead us to preventive recommendations.The relationship between cell phones and brain tumors is just such a puzzle. Cell phones have been in use for a scant 40 years, exploding in prevalence from zero to billions of users (1). If their use causes cancer, we need to know. We need to solve this puzzle.