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Cellphone Radiation Increases Brain Activity

Posted February 23, 2011 8:20 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

Radiation from a mobile phone call can make brain regions near the device burn more energy, according to a new study. Cellphones emit ultra-high-frequency radio waves during calls and data transfers, and some researchers have suspected this radiation — albeit inconclusively — of being linked to long-term health risks like brain cancer. The new brain-scan-based work, to be published Feb. 23 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows radiation emitted from a cellphone's antenna during a call makes nearby brain tissue use 7 percent more energy.

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Re: Cellphone Radiation Increases Brain Activity

02/24/2011 2:02 AM

Is this dead horse still being flogged?

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Re: Cellphone Radiation Increases Brain Activity

02/24/2011 5:58 AM

This does not seem to translate to improved driving skill.

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Re: Cellphone Radiation Increases Brain Activity

02/24/2011 8:54 AM

They inject a radioactive sugar into the subject to test for the effects of radiation on the brain from cell phones? So I could give my kids Pepsi to see how sugar affects their level of hyperactivity?

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