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Court ruling suggests brain cancer-cellphone link
But Canadian cancer statistics show no apparent connection
CBC News
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 8:27 PM PT
Last Updated: Oct 19, 2012 8:55 PM PT
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A judge in Italy has again raised the spectre of cellphones causing cancer, ruling that a man in that country suffered a brain carcinoma due to his years of incessantly using mobiles.
Statistics supplied by the B.C. Cancer Agency, however, could be seen to contradict the cellphone-cancer connection.
As the CBC’s Kirk Williams reports, the numbers say incidence of brain cancer has not increased, despite the massive proliferation of cellphone use.
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