Mobile Phone Transmitter Causes Brain Tumours?

Peter writes "Seven staff in the one building have been diagnosed with brain tumours, and everything seems to be pointing to the mobile phone towers located on the roof. The building is owned by RMIT University and an investigation is taking place. Five of the seven staff worked on the top floor of the building. Medical experts contacted by The Age Newspaper said no definitive link had been proved between mobile phone tower radiation and cancer."

Tin foil hat

[programmer-x]

Better add another couple of layers just to be sure.

tumor or tumour?

[gEvil (beta)]

I suppose you're going to tell me that it's a bad idea to stick my head in a running microwave oven, too, eh?

And to think....

[wolfemi1]

...that all of this heartache could have been avoided by something as simple as a couple of tinfoil hats.

Surely, someone here on Slashdot has one to spare for these poor people!

Dihydrogen Monoxide

[nincehelser]

It's more likely it's something in the water.

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Re:Cause and Effect?

[ch-chuck]

It could be that brain tumors cause mobile phone transmitters.

"Anybody object to putting antennas on the roof right above you?"
"Duh, uhhh, nope, ok"

I know what this means!!

[nodeadlysins]

Cancer must be contagious!! Kill the lab rats--quickly!!

Re:Cause and Effect?

[dohzer]

Come on. Any idiot knows that it takes at least 8 people to call it a link.

Re:tumor or tumour?

[Caste11an]

It's not a tumor!

Bothered...

[WebfishUK]

Kinda lost interest once I read...

"...the 16th and 17th floors are home to offices of senior management..."

Re:The Flaw in the Research?

[Quintios]

10 Watts per kilogram

So fat people are less likely to get cancer? Cool! Pass the donuts!

Re:tumor or tumour?

[mgblst]

It is slightly ironic that the Managers, and people who were really vying for such great office views, were the ones to be struck down. One for the little people.

And how do you tell if a Manager has a brain tumour? His head doesn't sound quite so hollow when you hit it with a bat?

Re:A little story about mobile phone towers

[F_Scentura]

A large metal obstruction affects TV reception? That's just crazy talk.

Re:Are You Stuck On Stupid???

[hunterx11]

I'm not worried. I have a rock that keeps cancer away.

Re:Cause and Effect?

[Anonymous Coward]

So why are people with brain tumors attracted to radio frequency sources? Do they show a preference for specific frequencies? Is it an innate attempt to self-treat?

Re:A little story about mobile phone towers

[deathcow]

I dont blame the natives, it's scary having one of those antenna nearby. I moved into my house here in Alaska 10 years ago, I was a spry 26 years old and felt healthy all the time.

Now, about 5 years ago a cell phone tower was installed in lot adjacent to us, maybe 350 feet from our house (and I telecommute so I am exposed to it all the time.)

After five years of exposure to this tower, I've become very sedentary, I've stopped riding my mountain bike years ago, and I frequently end up working all day sitting in front of the computer with just short breaks. The cell tower has also bloomed my Coca Cola intake level, and I've put on about 45 pounds of unwanted weight. I feel less healthy than ever now.