From: Huge@nowhere.much.invalid
On 2017-04-21, twitter@bomb.trump wrote:
>>>>> City of Berkeley fends off wireless industry suit over health warning
>>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure the science supports Berkeley's claims though ...
>>>
>>> Can mobile phones give you a brain tumor? An Italian court just ruled
>>> yes.
>>
>> So what? Courts make awards for all kinds of reasons.
>
> Yeah, court decisions are only as good as people involved; there are plenty
> of examples of poorly reasoned rulings.
It isn't necessarily "poorly reasoned". The 'phone may not actually be the
real reason for the award.
> This might actually be a good use
> for AI.
It's been tried; the law is not internally self-consistent, so it's much
harder than it seems.
> Regarding mobile phone microwave radiation and brain tumors, there has
> been a whole lot of money spent studying it and the vast majority of the
> results are NO EVIDENCE. The radiation involved in non-ionizing so the
> risk isn't from gamma particles, just whether the microwaves are strong
> enough to cause heating of brain matter. At most the studies suggest
> there could be slight warming with heavy use. Similarly, excessive use of
> a laptop might cause reproductive issues for men.. There are many more
> microwave towers now than when the issue first came up back in the 90s
> but I haven't read of an corresponding increase of brain tumors. Seems
> it's the same people involved that are claiming vaccines cause autism,
> not a particularly rational bunch IMO.
Quite.
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