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Cell phones are ‘possibly carcinogenic,’ WHO report says

By: Todd Haselton |Jun 1st, 2011 at 04:00AM
Filed Under: IARC, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lifestyle, Mobile, The Lancet Oncology, WHO, Wireless, World Health Organization, carcinogenic, radiation

According to a new report from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, “radio frequency electromagnetic fields” are “possibly carcinogenic to humans based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer associated with wireless phone use.” The agency met with with 31 scientists from 14 countries from May 24th through May 31st, 2011 to assess the potential carcinogenic hazards of cell phone usage. The report said that the resu...

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