Increased Incidence of Cancer near a Cell- Phone Transmitter Station
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Comments on “Mortality by neoplasia and cellular telephone base stations in the Belo Horizonte municipality, Minas Gerais state, Brazil” by A. C. Dode et al. Science of the Total Environment 409 (2011) 3649–3665
Dode et al. (2011) report an apparent increase in “accumulated incidence rates” of cancer deaths in residents living within 500m from a cellular base station (BS). This report has provoked considerable discussion by the public and media, if not by health agencies themselves. This letter calls attention to major weaknesses in the study that prevent any conclusions about possible health effects f...
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