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It's not mental gymnastics at all. Numerous studies have failed to show a link between cell phone use and cancer, and the mechanism by which x-rays cause cancer
by dehrmann 5y ago
It's not mental gymnastics at all. Numerous studies have failed to show a link between cell phone use and cancer, and the mechanism by which x-rays cause cancer doesn't work with higher-wavelength light. It just doesn't have enough energy to damage DNA.
The obvious example is that UV is ionizing, but visible light is non-ionizing. Spend an hour in a tanning bed and there's obvious skin damage. Spend a day under office lights and there isn't.
- ornornor 5y ago> office lights Not to contradict your point but rater as a “did you know?”: typical office neon lights actually also emit UV and it can be a problem for artwork that hasn’t been framed using UV filtering glass as they turn this washed out blue shade over time as a result. I don’t think it damages skin anywhere near as much as actual sun rays but I was surprised to learn it anyway.
- Findecanor 5y agoIt is difficult to conduct a decent statistical study of cell phone radiation and health effects when there is practically no control group to compare with, and when society and technology changes faster than cancer develops. Several years ago, I read a study that had done animal testing to find that there could be a link between cell phone-type radiation and a weakened immune response against cancer. (all rats had cancer, but the radiated rats were worse off) But since then I have not seen any follow-up. The field is ... tainted, because of all the charlatans at the fringe. It is difficult to get funding for a serious study, and if you do conduct a study, people will not look at you with a mild eye no matter what: it could be a career-killer.