September 22, 2009

Cell-Phone Radiation Risks: Why the Jury's Still Out

Another article on cell phone safety, from TIME. A good recap.

quotemarksright.jpg... Despite the government's view that cell phones pose no danger, other researchers note that most of us have been using them for less than a decade. If there is indeed a cumulative risk to using a mobile phone, it's possible users won't be aware of it until it's too late — just as it took doctors decades to connect cigarette-smoking with lung cancer. "We all wish we'd heeded the early warnings about cigarettes," says Olga Naidenko, a senior scientist at EWG and the author of the recent report on cell phones. "We think cell phones are similar."quotesmarksleft.jpg