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Monday, September 14, 2009
News Cell phones sizzling your brain?
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Remember when people proselytized about aiming hair dryers at their wet heads? No? Well, they did. How many people do you know have zapped themselves to death with a hair dryer?
But, for all you paranoid hypochondriacs out there, go on and get your headset -- it's safer to drive with one anyway.
“You should pay attention to the amount of radiation that's being absorbed by your head,” said Olga Naidenko, a senior scientist for the Environmental Working Group. “There is a danger.”While the cellular industry dismisses such fears and the federal government essentially declares the phones safe, Naidenko's organization thinks the radiation can cause brain cancer and other illnesses.
So this week, it released a ranking of phones by the level of radiation emitted – ranging from lowest-radiation Samsung Impression to three models, including the Kyocera Jax S1300, that put out more than four times as much radiofrequency energy.
The group suggests not just that you shop for a lower-radiation phone, but that you use a speaker phone and other tools to keep the device away from your ear.
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