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LINK The Nation indulges in fear mongering about cell phones and cancer – Science-Based Medicine

The implication behind the entire argument and claim made above is that the scientific community agrees that cell phone radiation causes adverse health effects and that only industry-sponsored studies find otherwise. This is a gross misrepresentation of the state of the science, when in reality the scientific consensus is on the side of the lack of a correlation between radio wave exposure due to cell phone use and cancer, making the scientists who believe that cell phone radiation is dangerous the ones who are in a clear minority. Don’t believe me? Take a look at this list of consensus statements from governments and expert panels regarding the heath effects and safe exposure levels of radio frequency energy. There are a whole lot of statements like:

The balance of evidence to date suggests that exposures to RF radiation below NRPB and ICNIRP guidelines do not cause adverse health effects to the general population…
[and]
The balance of current research evidence suggests that exposures to the radio frequency energy produced by cellphones do not cause health problems provided they comply with international guidelines. Reviews of all the research have not found clear, consistent evidence of any adverse effects.
zblaze 7 Apr 10
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With all the media hikes and the false info disappated it is difficult to determine which stand a person should take. Most people do not understand statistics and what the values mean. Heck most of them struggle to balance their checkbooks.They do not know how to look in to the information and make a true decision.

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There always seems to be some irrational fear mongerers among us about many things -- cell phones, power lines, vaccines, GMOs, or whatever.

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