By Doreen Carvajal
Published: June 29, 2008

PARIS: For 10 years, scientists have been waiting for the outcome of a global examination of the habits of thousands of brain cancer patients to explore whether there are links between cellphone use and brain tumors.

But now the findings of the €15 million, or $24 million, Interphone study are stalled, caught in an international rift among prominent cancer researchers who are divided about how to interpret the risks of radio-frequency radiation emitted by mobile telephones.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/29/business/mobile30.php


The delay in the release of the results of the Interphone project is getting wider and wider attention. The International Herald Tribune features a story in its Monday editions.


Louis Slesin

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Cellphones and brain cancer

CENTER OF GRAVITY

By Rony V. Diaz

IS there a link between heavy cellphone use and tumors in the neck and brain?

A 10-year study by Interphone of 7,400 cancer patients would have partly answered the question. But the final report that should have been published in 2006 was delayed because of disagreements among the researchers.

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http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/20/yehey/opinion/20080720opi2.html


Informant: Martin Weatherall

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Interphone-Studie: Kluft zwischen Forschern verzögert die Veröffentlichung der Studie
http://groups.google.com/group/mobilfunk_newsletter/t/e7345e4b66c027b0



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