Dotnaught writes “Frequent cell phone users face a 50% greater risk of developing tumors in the salivary glands than those who don’t use cell phones, according to a recently published study. The study, led by Tel Aviv University epidemiologist Dr. Siegal Sadetzki, appeared last December in the American Journal of Epidemiology ‘Sadetzki’s findings are sure to add to confusion surrounding the already contentious debate about the health effects of cell phone radiation. Many other studies in current years have found no increased risk of cancer due to mobile phone use, but a few have stopped short of ruling the possibility out and a few have stated increased risk of cancer is small but real.’. Even with the increased risk, however, you’re still about three times more apt to die in a vehicle crash in a given year.”
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