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Cell phones causing cancer isn't "up in the air". There's zero evidence to suggest they do and no theoretical reason to expect them to.
by plorkyeran 13y ago
Cell phones causing cancer isn't "up in the air". There's zero evidence to suggest they do and no theoretical reason to expect them to.
- smtddr 13y agohttp://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones Note that I'm not presenting the above link as absolute proof but merely as something that causes one to think about it. It is not 100% clear cellphones are safe. Maybe 99.999999%, but not 100%.
- plorkyeran 13y agoThat article seems pretty firmly on the side of "there's no reason to think that cell phones cause cancer" to me. Nothing can ever be proven to be 100% safe, and caring about the difference between 100 - 0.00001 and 100 - epsilon is completely ridiculous.
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- tzs 13y agoThere is a theoretical way they could cause problems, though, which needs more investigation. DNA can conduct. It may be possible for DNA molecules to act as antennas and have a current induced in them from electromagnetic waves passing through. Some researches believe that part of the mechanism used to detect and repair damage to our DNA involves sending a current through the DNA and looking for anomalies. Externally induced currents could interfere with that damage detection and repair. There are some pretty amazing and subtle things going on in our cells.