https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp comment on article AND reply to a comment left by another en-us 2016-10-11 01:33:50 UTC 2025-10-11 17:55:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/129987105 What If they tested on other animals. I mean does it have to be rodents? Poor rodents.]]> 2016-10-11 22:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/129987105 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/129987289 Shouldn't the scientists do more tests with different levels of radiation on the rodents? 
(The text with the rodents was me)]]> 2016-10-11 22:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/129987289 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130001119 They experimented on future use of cell phones and still only got like 2% with cancer and tumors. Not a big risk. Maybe rodents are closely related to us somehow @ayma 

]]> 2016-10-12 00:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130001119 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130207730 Aren't monkeys related more to us @nahome



]]> 2016-10-12 17:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130207730 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130305630 Why would the rats have to deal with that 9 hours a day for 2 years? It doesn't make sense because humans arent even close to being on theie cellphones that long per day, especially over 2 years]]> 2016-10-13 01:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130305630 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130315634 @ayma 
Ya talking about poor rats, but would you rather them be testing it on humans? Like I understand where you're coming from with 'why rats'"  and all but the risk of them getting tumors and cancer are extremely low. Of course, it's going to happen but its for the greater good of humans.  ]]> 2016-10-13 02:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130315634 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130316148 Why are the rats that get radiation living longer than the ones that aren't? You would think that the rats that weren't would live longer because the cancer would kill the others off faster.]]> 2016-10-13 02:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130316148 ly322687 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130618128 Does cell phone radiation come from a component within the phone or is it the materials combined working together that produces radiation? ]]> 2016-10-13 23:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130618128 sh310847 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130622148 @lauren Several researchers provided feedback as part of the study and echoed this concern. "It is

puzzling why the control [rats] had short survival rate," one researcher wrote. If these animals 

had lived as long as the irradiated rats, he added, they might have developed brain and heart 

tumors at similar rates. The rate that rats develop brain and heart tumors, even without receiving 

radiation, is typically 1.7% and 1.3%, respectively.]]> 2016-10-14 00:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130622148 sh310847 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130622213 The value of the new study is really to strengthen the biological possibility that cell

phone radiation could cause cancer, said Jonathan M. Samet, chairman of preventive medicine at 

the University of Southern California, who led the World Health Organization panel in 2011 that 

determined cell phone use is a possible cancer risk.]]> 2016-10-14 00:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130622213 ly322687 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130622958 I disagree with "Maybe rodents are closely related to us somehow." Humans and rodents are two different species and have totally different structure than us humans. ]]> 2016-10-14 00:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130622958 im311875 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130622992 I disagree with the article using rodents instead of people because we don't have the same body structure as rodents and no one uses the same amount of cell phone use a day/as other people. ]]> 2016-10-14 00:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130622992 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130626125 @kiara The article says, "'If rats are living longer, the chance statistically `is increased they will get cancer,' Insinga said. The article is stating a prediction made by Insinga as a result of the testing.]]> 2016-10-14 01:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130626125 julie7518 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130630277 I don't really understand why the scientist would try this experiment on rats. They could have chosen any other animal instead, even an animal that is more related to us but they picked rats.

]]> 2016-10-14 01:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130630277 julie7518 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130630757  I agree with @lauren because there are other animals, for example, chimpanzee that are more related to us then rats but instead they use rats to find out an experiment that rats have nothing to do with]]> 2016-10-14 01:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130630757 sh322657 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130631019 I feel like they shouldn't have used rats to test on because like lots of other people already said, they don't have the same body structures as us. Also, isn't cell phone radiation different? 

]]> 2016-10-14 01:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130631019 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130631823 I agree with @Ayma saying that monkeys are more closely related to us than rodents. ]]> 2016-10-14 01:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130631823 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130635122  I think that after reading this article that cell phones do not cause cancer. First of all the only time the rats were getting cancer is when they were exposed to 9 hours of radiation a day. They did this because they said we would use our cell phones more in the future but what we are interested is in the present. Is the amount of cell phone usage that we are using now causing cancer? When they tested it with more realistic hours the rats developed less tumors. Even so the percentage of rats getting cancer was very low it was most of the time 1% to 3%. Another problem with this experiment is the use of rats. Rats are not a good representation of humans. The may consume radiation differently than us. If we wanted to have an accurate representation they should monitor people or something that consumes radiation like people and use a realistic amount of radiation. They then should moniter multiple individuals cell phone use from birth or expose the appropriate amount of radiation to the animal that they are substituting that consumes radiation like humans.]]> 2016-10-14 02:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130635122 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130636570 I agree with Jenna. You can't tell that cell phones will cause cancer based off this article. Plus rats aren't a very reliable resource. ]]> 2016-10-14 02:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130636570 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130636683 the article is showing us that they are trying to prove that excessive cell phone use can lead to cancer, but they have been using rats as test subjects. We aren't closely related to rats, so they might have different factors that make them more likely to have a brain tumor. I do think though that we should take time off of our phones just to enjoy nature, but until there is a more reliable study they shouldn't make up propaganda that cell phone use will lead to cancer.]]> 2016-10-14 02:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130636683 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130636917 Basically the article is trying to say that phones do cause cancer , which could be right but in this situation NO. Because they are testing the project on the wrong animal that I think wouldn't related to us any type of way.]]> 2016-10-14 02:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130636917 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130637194 I agree with @ayma and @jenna because monkeys are one of the more related animals to us and in this case phones and cancer isn't really going together in my head ]]> 2016-10-14 02:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130637194 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130637329 I don't think they should have tested rats because we aren't closely related to rats and that makes it a bad comparison.]]> 2016-10-14 02:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130637329 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130637587 SAMME @zoe they are not I don't think not even closly]]> 2016-10-14 02:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130637587 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130637861 @kiara. I agree with you about the "would you rather them test humans" because humans can get tumors more often than rodents. Also we can get tumors from not just radiation. For rodents there's not a good chance they will get tumors. ]]> 2016-10-14 02:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130637861 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130637938 Rats aren't people, so I think that this experiment is a little irrelevant to the subject at hand.

]]> 2016-10-14 02:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130637938 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130638949 I agree with @Zoe. I don't think that rats are close enough to humans to test a tumor experiment. It's just a theory, not set in stone facts.]]> 2016-10-14 03:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130638949 rb321955 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130639086 I agree with @zoe and @lizzy the brains of rats and the brains of humans are very different. ]]> 2016-10-14 03:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130639086 rb321955 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130639493 To say that, because some rats get tumors from exposure to radiation, doesn't have anything to do with humans brains]]> 2016-10-14 03:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130639493 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130640280 I don't believe that phone radiation could give humans cancer because when they tested it on the rat a animal that isn't related to humans at all.]]> 2016-10-14 03:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130640280 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130640552 @lizzy I agree with you because they don't have any similar features as a human and don't have the same brain as us]]> 2016-10-14 03:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130640552 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130640977 Even though rats and humans are both mamals, their brains function differently from each other. Radiation could only affect specific parts of a rat's brain while a human brain can remain unaffected]]> 2016-10-14 03:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130640977 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130641131 Using animals might not really help them get the information they need or want.They are basing it off of an animal rather than a human.]]> 2016-10-14 03:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130641131 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130641274 @Abeyu 
I believe that phones can give you some type of cancer because of the radiation.Radiation isnt good for the brain so with that being said things could actually happen and you will be affected.

]]> 2016-10-14 03:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130641274 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130641853 I agree with Rebecca that rats are not closely related to humans therefore they cannot be compared together evenly.]]> 2016-10-14 03:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130641853 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130642815 I think this article is wrong saying that cell phone radiation causes cancer like they been testing it on rats when did we become the same species as rats but until they tested it on humans or a specie that has a similar brain to us I'll believe them]]> 2016-10-14 03:49:43 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130642815 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130642959 I think that his article is not making a realistic connection between human and rat brains therefore the two cannot be compared by the radiation amounts transmited ]]> 2016-10-14 03:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130642959 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130642969 I believe that even though the rats are being tested for cancer after the radiation and some test positive for cancer it isn't relevant to human brains. Human brains and eat brains are very different in size and function and I don't believe that they can make an even comparison. ]]> 2016-10-14 03:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130642969 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130643113 I agree with @andrew because the two brains do not have enough similarities ]]> 2016-10-14 03:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130643113 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130643269 I believe with @Reghan B. The rats and human brains are very different and
 don't have much of anything to do  with each other. So this study can't be  100% true because of that. ]]> 2016-10-14 03:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130643269 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130644036 I think that the this article is not enough basis to say that cell phones cause cancer because humans have different brains than rats so cell phone radiation causing rats cancer is irrelevant. It also states in the article that there is no definitive evidence that this radiation has a negative effect on humans. ]]> 2016-10-14 04:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130644036 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130644197 @lizzy
I agree we're 2 different species with different brains and functions so comparing us to them isn't great evidence ]]> 2016-10-14 04:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130644197 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130644297 I agree with @Reagan that the structure of humans and rats are to different to even make a comparison. ]]> 2016-10-14 04:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130644297 al134964 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130646803 I don't believe from reading the article that cell phone radiation can cause cancer in humans because the study found more of a correlation between rats that were exposed to radiation and those that developed tumors and cancer than actual causation between the two. 

@Lauren Yancey
I was also wondering the same thing. If the materials that were used to expose the rats to radiation is different from the materials that are used in phones then that would discredit this study.]]> 2016-10-14 05:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130646803 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130737667 Response 
I agree with Jonathan that they shouldn't have given the rats radiation for 9 hours of the day for 2 years. This doesn't show a proper representation. People don't use their cell phones 9 hours a day. They may have thought that we will use cell phones more in the future, but I want to know if the amount of cell phone usage I'm using now will cause cancer.]]> 2016-10-14 13:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130737667 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130834965 I think that this article is notaccurate because the expirement was based on rats being exposed to radiation. Even if the results were somewhat correct rats are not closley related to humans so they can't be compared that well.]]> 2016-10-14 17:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130834965 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130835192 The experiment wasnt accurate,since they tested on rats, they shouldve tested on an animal that has the most similar brain to a human. It may be true that radiation from cell phones  can cause cancer but they should've researched more in depth.]]> 2016-10-14 17:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130835192 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130837381 @Kassandra Davila
I agree with you that they should have at least tested on an animal more related to humans.]]> 2016-10-14 17:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130837381 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130837492 @Guadalupe I agree with you entirely, that the expirement was not accurate since rats are not closley related to humans.]]> 2016-10-14 17:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/130837492 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/131183372 They should study it more just to make sure that the radiation from cell phones will cause cancer.]]> 2016-10-17 15:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/131183372 https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/131184019 I agree with @Kassandra and @Guadalupe that they aren't really sure because we don't have the same components. ]]> 2016-10-17 15:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/travis_staton1/e0e134st1ltp/wish/131184019