Lead researcher Lloyd Morgan said there could be a 'brain tumour pandemic' unless people changed their patterns of mobile phone use. This would include texting rather than holding the phone to the ear

　　研究员劳埃·德摩根说如果人们不改变使用手机的方法，很快就会发生脑瘤大流行。不仅仅是贴近耳朵接听，就连发短信也会受到伤害。

　　People who talk on mobile phones are up to five times more likely to develop brain tumours than those who stick to landlines, academics have warned.

　　学者们声称，使用手机的人比用固定电话的人患脑瘤的几率大四倍。

　　They say a number of previous studies into mobile phone safety 'substantially underestimated' the cancer risks and that tumours are much more common on the side of the head to which the mobile is held than on the other side.

　　他们说之前对手机安全性的研究“大大低估”了贴近手机那侧的大脑比另一侧大脑患脑瘤的危险性。