Most of Africa s around 2,000 languages have no word for cancer. The common perception in both developing and developed countries is that it s a disease of the wealthy world, where high-fat, processed-food diets, alcohol, smoking and sedentary lifestyles fuel tumor growth.

Yet Adu s is one of an estimated one million new cancer cases sub-Saharan Africa will see this year, a number predicted to double to 2 million a year in the next decade.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/01/us-cancer-africa-ghana-idUSBRE8400ET20120501


Digital revolution lights up Africa with maps, mobiles, money and markets (and cancer?)

Numerous social networks specifically for mobiles have sprung up, offering cheap or free communication for their users. Mxit and 2go from South Africa have 44m and 20m users respectively, the latter mostly in Nigeria.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/30/africa-digital-revolution-mobile-phones


Robert


Radiation affects health: global report

A global report (BioInitiative) published on Sunday has turned the tables on cellular phone operators and even the civic body, who have been claiming that there is no ''conclusive evidence'' to prove the correlation between exposure to mobile tower radiation and health problems.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Radiation-affects-health-global-report/Article1-985985.aspx

also

''Essentially, body processes can eventually be disabled by incessant external stresses (from system-wide electrophysiological interference) and lead to pervasive impairment of metabolic and reproductive functions,'' it adds.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cell-use-towers-health-hazard-Global-survey/articleshow/17932839.cms


More Wireless dangers from small cell sites

Sadly it looks like even more towers will be appearing soon?

http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/a-surge-in-small-cell-sites/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=010313#.UOXmlxiHYJg.email


Hillar


Informant: Martin Weatherall



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