Comments on: Call For Cancer? http://www.writewhereyouareblog.com/call-for-cancer/ Viewing The World From Write Where You Are Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:30:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: writeasrain http://www.writewhereyouareblog.com/call-for-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-413 writeasrain Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:02:22 +0000 http://writeasrain.wordpress.com/?p=494#comment-413 Chagiyomi...I appreciate your comments...thanks for the input: sounds like good advice to me! Chagiyomi…I appreciate your comments…thanks for the input: sounds like good advice to me!

]]> By: chagiyomi http://www.writewhereyouareblog.com/call-for-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-412 chagiyomi Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:31:14 +0000 http://writeasrain.wordpress.com/?p=494#comment-412 Hi Writeasrain, you started with a fantastic word at the very beginning, namely "statistics"! The reality is that one can paint ANY picture with statistics. it is very very easy to warp a scale or values as a result of how you crunch the numbers, arrange the numbers, and then present the numbers. There are so many differing sources of confound as well that true statistics can only be achieved in a fashion that is referred to as double blinded, randomized, and controlled. Even then one must be very careful! No company is going to endorse a study unless they are 100% certain they do not stand to lose out. There is no way a child for example whose neural networks are considered highly plastic and evolving (generally below age 3) will not be affected by something that emits high level radiation. Exactly what constitutes that level of radiation is to be determined, but at what cost as you said? I guess the safest solution for those who really want to use a cell phone would be keep the phone off your body, and only use the hands-free option. I know its not the most convenient or even most comfortable solution, but when there is so much uncertainty, it hardly seems worth the risk. Then again, sprouting a cauliflower from one's ear might start a new fashion trend, no?! Hi Writeasrain,

you started with a fantastic word at the very beginning, namely “statistics”!

The reality is that one can paint ANY picture with statistics. it is very very easy to warp a scale or values as a result of how you crunch the numbers, arrange the numbers, and then present the numbers. There are so many differing sources of confound as well that true statistics can only be achieved in a fashion that is referred to as double blinded, randomized, and controlled. Even then one must be very careful!

No company is going to endorse a study unless they are 100% certain they do not stand to lose out.

There is no way a child for example whose neural networks are considered highly plastic and evolving (generally below age 3) will not be affected by something that emits high level radiation. Exactly what constitutes that level of radiation is to be determined, but at what cost as you said?

I guess the safest solution for those who really want to use a cell phone would be keep the phone off your body, and only use the hands-free option. I know its not the most convenient or even most comfortable solution, but when there is so much uncertainty, it hardly seems worth the risk.

Then again, sprouting a cauliflower from one’s ear might start a new fashion trend, no?!

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