ApocaDocs: Fact or Fiction?: Cell Phones Can Cause Brain Cancer

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Posted Sat Nov 22 2008: from Scientific American:


	Fact or Fiction?: Cell Phones Can Cause Brain Cancer http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1227373341 This summer, Ronald Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, sent a memo to staffers warning them to limit their cell phone use and to use hands-free sets in the wake of "growing evidence that we should reduce exposure" to cell phone radiation. Among the possible consequences: an increased risk of brain cancer. Five months later, a top official at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) told a congressional panel that published scientific data indicates cell phones are safe. So what's the deal? Do cell phones cause cancer -- or not?

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'Doc Michael says:

Cell phones are no more dangerous than my bad-tempered carrier pigeons!

We know cell phones are bad for you -- DWT (driving while talking/texting)-- and bad for you if you are so annoying on your cell phone that somebody punches you.

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