A Balanced Look At Cellphone Radiation 171
A month back we discussed an article in GQ on the alarmist side of the cellphone-radiation question. Now reader pgn674 passes along a PopSci feature article looking at the current state of cellphone radiation research. It profiles people who claim to be electro-hypersensitive, "who are reluctant to subject themselves to hours in an electronics-laden facility" for studies. The limited research on that condition is still showing that sufferers, in blind tests, are unable to detect radiation at levels better than chance. The article also touches on the relationship of non-ionizing radiation to cancer. The conclusion is that while it seems unlikely high-frequency fields in consumer devices directly cause cancer, they might promote it, and might also indirectly cause other health deficits beyond simply heating nearby tissue — though one skeptical researcher cautions, "The gap between a biological effect and an adverse health effect is a big one."
Re:"Promote" It? (Score:5, Funny)
not finish your sentences?
For all those hyper-electrosensitives out there (Score:5, Funny)
Check out your pharmacy. I'm fairly sure there are some Bach flowers tinctures available by now that can cure the problem. If everything fails, get a few healing crystals.
Re:Typical (Score:5, Funny)
Now that you mention it, the times I've been in the closest to radiation free rooms (faraday cages for testing cell phones), I felt quite uncomfortable.
I know what you mean - I always get this weird disconnected feeling whenever I've been away from the internet for a few hours...
If it's a balanced perspective you want... (Score:5, Funny)
... then I guess we'd better wait for the Fox News coverage! They'll be fair, too!
Glenn Beck: "What I wanna know is, why don't these cell phone companies deny this rumor that their phones are cooking my brain? I'm not saying my brain is actually fried, but it sure feels that way and why won't they deny it?"
Re:For all those hyper-electrosensitives out there (Score:3, Funny)
I don't think that's how you're supposed to use them, but whatever floats your boat...
Re:On the other hand... (Score:3, Funny)
they've all been whackjobs who wouldn't know what science was even if you served it to them on a plate with a sprig of parsley on it.
They're allergic to parsley, you insensitive clod!