CELL PHONES, BRAIN TUMORS

By OLLIE ROMANDER

Finally, a quarter century after their introduction, a comprehensive study by the World Health Organization has linked cellphone use with brain tumors. If you didn’t see this coming, you weren’t paying much attention. Or, maybe you’ve got a brain tumor. And in case your fingers are crossed in hopes that your 1000 minute plan is giving only a slight up-tick to your odds of cancer, you’re in for a disappointment. The WHO’s Interphone investigation finds a “significantly increased” risk of tumors in people who have used cellphones for more than a decade. Knowing how people tend to react when some source of convenience turns out deadly, expect nothing to change.