TITLE

LAST CALL?

AUTHOR(S)
Wenner, Melinda
PUB. DATE
January 2009
SOURCE
Popular Science;Jan2009, Vol. 274 Issue 1, p46
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article reports on Interphone, the largest investigation into whether cellphones can cause cancer ever conducted. The study gathered results from studies on 6,400 tumors from patients in 13 countries. Israeli researchers found that cellphone users are 50% more likely to develop brain cancer. While the exact connection between cellphones and cancer is not clear, one theory is that the slight radiation they emit might have indirect effects that cause cancer.
ACCESSION #
36078500

Tags: CELL phones;  CANCER -- Etiology;  CANCER -- Research;  RADIATION carcinogenesis;  CARCINOGENS

 

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