We still don’t know if mobile phones are safe. Here’s why.

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Our phones are like an appendage.

They lie close to us while we sleep, always awake, collecting texts and emails. They live in our pockets when we’re on the go. They stare up at us while we work and eat. We often hold them against our heads or in front of our faces, not far from our brains, for long periods of time. 

There are over 260 million million of them in the United States right now, and perhaps over 5 billion in use globally, so naturally, scientists want to know if they can do us harm. And after two decades of research, they have repeatedly found no conclusive evidence tying mobile phone use to any adverse health problems, like brain tumors.  Read more…

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