Do cell phones really cause brain cancer?
If you’re like most people, you’ve wondered whether the countless hours you’ve spent yakking on your cell phone will come back to haunt you. Or maybe you’re one of the four or five holdouts who still hasn’t gotten a cell phone. In that case, you might not be completely opposed to all those loudmouths you’ve put up with over the years getting a good kick of karma. Either way, the theory behind the assertion that cell phones cause brain cancer meets the gut test. Cell phones throw off a type of low-energy radiation known as radio frequency energy, and nothing in this world is more closely associated with cancer risk than exposure to radiation. Then there’s this: at the same time that cell phones began popping up around this country like ants at a picnic, there also seemed to be a slight increase in the rates of brain cancer nationwide. So what gives? In reality, the type of radiation emitted by cell phones is far different and less harmful than the powerful ionizing radiation you’re expo
