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IT’S BACK…The disappeared YAHOO story on cell phones and DNA damage has resurfaced

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Environmental Health Trust: The Blog

This time without the headlines that appeared on YAHOO’s home page yesterday.  Bill Bruno provided this information at noon Saturday, December 4, 2010

Here’s the posted story in case it disappears again.

http://health.yahoo.net/rodale/WH/is-your-health-on-the-line

Unless you’ve had your cell phone permanently glued to your ear, chances are you’ve heard the recent health buzz: Mobile devices may cause cancer. While it’s true that the National Cancer Institute has ruled them safe, a growing number of independent researchers disagree.

Those experts point out that the FCC wireless regulations on cell phone safety are largely based on something called specific absorption rate (SAR) levels, or the rate at which our bodies absorb radiation. Most phones do comply with the federal standards, but SAR monitors only thermal effects. (In other words, if the radiation from your phone isn’t cooking your brain, it’s regarded as safe.) But mounting scientific evidence suggests that nonthermal radio frequency radiation…

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