6/13/2008

Question: Are brain cancer rates higher in Europe than in the US?

If Cell phone radiation causes brain cancer, this evidence would indicate that the rate should be higher in Europe than the US.

According to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), specific absorption rate, or SAR, is "a way of measuring the quantity of radiofrequency (RF) energy that is absorbed by the body." For a phone to pass FCC certification, that phone's maximum SAR level must be less than 1.6W/kg (watts per kilogram). In Europe, the level is capped at 2W/kg while Canada allows a maximum of 1.6W/kg. The SAR level listed in our charts represents the highest SAR level with the phone next to the ear as tested by the FCC. Keep in mind that it is possible for the SAR level to vary between different transmission bands and that different testing bodies can obtain different results. Also, it's possible for results to vary between different editions of the same phone (such as a handset that's offered by multiple carriers).


Yet, it appears to me from this data here, that the brain cancer rates are the same or lower in Europe than the US. Of course, all this could mean that there are much more important factors at work in the opposite direction.

There should also be differences by the type of phone:

Manufacturer and model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAR level(digital)
1 Motorola V195s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6
2 Motorola Slvr L6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.58
3 Motorola Slvr L2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.54
4 Motorola W385 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.54
5 RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Sprint) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.54
6 RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless) . . . . 1.54
7 Motorola Deluxe ic902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.53
8 T-Mobile Shadow (HTC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.53
9 Motorola i335 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.53
10 Samsung Sync SGH-C417 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.51

For an earlier discussion that I had on this issue, see here.

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