Major Cell Phone Radiation Study Reignites Cancer Questions
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/major-cell-phone-radiation-study-reignites-cancer-questions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScientificAmerican-News+%28Content%3A+News%29
Federal scientists released partial findings Friday from a $25
million animal study that tested the possibility of links
between cancer and chronic exposure to the type of radiation
emitted from cell phones and wireless devices. The findings,
which chronicle an unprecedented number of rodents subjected
to a lifetime of electromagnetic radiation, present some of
the strongest evidence to date that such exposure is
associated with the formation of rare cancers in at least two
cell types in the brains and hearts of rats. The results,
which were posted on a prepublication website run by Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory, are poised to reignite controversy
about how such everyday exposure might affect human health.
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It's worth noting that (a) this is the first major study to show such
a conclusion, (b) and it is not clear that its radiation model maps
accurately to human exposure and usage patterns (especially since so
many people no longer spend much time with the phone against their
head, but rather are interacting with their hands and/or voice at a
distance).
--Lauren--
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