I'm glad I hardly use the thing and rarely take it with me.
"Cellphones are added to list of potential risks for cancer; But evidence of harm limited, WHO asserts" by Deborah Kotz and Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff / June 1, 2011
The World Health Organization yesterday placed cellphones on its list of items that can potentially cause cancer in humans, based on studies suggesting there might be a small increased risk of glioma, a rare brain cancer, from heavy use of the mobile device.
Related: Brief Cell-Phone Use Can Cause Cancer-Related Brain Changes
Maybe someone should call the corporate media on the lies.
The group said the evidence of harm from cellphones is limited and is based on inconclusive research, but warrants classification of the phones as “possibly carcinogenic to humans’’ — a category that includes 266 items, from gasoline exhaust to dry cleaning agents to talcum powder.
Agenda-pushing code for it gives you cancer.
WHO officials suggested that consumers take precautions to keep their mobile phone antenna away from their head by using hands-free devices or the speaker phone feature, or texting when possible.
“The evidence, while still accumulating, is strong enough to support a conclusion . . . that there could be some risk, and therefore we need to keep a close watch for a link between cellphones and cancer risk,’’ said Dr. Jonathan Samet, a University of Southern California epidemiologist who chaired a panel of 31 international scientists charged with reviewing the research on the risks from the phones’ electromagnetic fields....
Rarely use, don't take with.
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Also see: Your Cellphone Tracker
Coffin-Calling Cellphones
Cancer Calling on Cellphone
