Is Cell Phone Radiation Actually Dangerous? We Asked Some Experts

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Is cell phone radiation actually dangerous? We asked some experts
by Simon Hill, digitaltrends.com, 25 September 2019

Four years on – September 2019 update

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A lot has changed in the last four years, but the argument over the potential for cell phone radiation to cause harm to humans continues. The National Toxicology Program released its final reports in November 2018, from a series of studies that cost $30 million and took more than 10 years to complete. It concluded that “there is clear evidence that male rats exposed to high levels of radiofrequency radiation (RFR) like that used in 2G and 3G cell phones developed cancerous heart tumors.”

There was also some evidence of DNA damage and glioma. Unfortunately, precisely what that means for humans is not clear.

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