Study: Mobile Phones Affect DNA

[Mntsnow]

Radio frequency radiation from mobile phones can damage DNA in laboratory conditions, European researchers say in a recent study.
The study, called REFLEX, which stands for Risk Evaluation of Potential Environmental Hazards from Low Energy Electromagnetic Field Exposure Using Sensitive in vitro Methods, was a four-year, $4 million-plus research project majority-funded by the European Union. Results of the research project, which ended in May, were published on the Internet earlier this month. Read more at
PcWorld (http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119019,00.asp)

[Siliconjunkie]

Interesting.

"But these results can't be readily transferred to human beings. Isolated cell systems are something entirely different from complete organisms." Which translates to "The headline is an outright lie as we have not established anything yet"

"We have proven that electromagnetic fields--in high and low frequencies--damage cells in individual cell systems," I am not sure this is a revelation. What they don't mention is the strength they are using. Sure, you crank it up high enough and you can damage cells, but at anything any of us would experience it would do nothing.

This feels like the sacchrin "news" from the 80's where if you ate 45lbs of it a day you increased your chance of cancer by .02% or something silly like that. Yet the headlines of "Sacchrin linked to cancer" killed it overnight.

****Corection****
For their study, researchers used radiation levels between a SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) of 0.3 and 2 W/kg (watts per kilogram), according to the report. Most mobile phones emit radio signals at SAR levels of between 0.5 and 1 W/kg. This doesn't sound right. My cell phone is not putting out 1 W/kg if I am thinking right. It is less than 1W total.