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Comments on: Phones don't cause eye cancer, finds study

But 

Posted Thursday 15th January 2009 10:53 GMT

Joke

But how can you be SURE.

studies do need to b done, however... 

Posted Thursday 15th January 2009 11:29 GMT

Unhappy

just last night, i was chatting to a couple who are moving to the country to 'get away from wi-fi radiation'. naturally, the decision was made for the sake of their kids, the mother having swallowed some pretty skewed journalism courtesy of eco-scare-doom-mag, the ecologist.

being a fairly cynical person i asked to read the article, wherein i discovered that a baby monitor can produce more microwave radiation per unit area than a wi-fi router (baby monitors are generally very close to the baby) and almost as much as a mobile phone directly against the cranium. leaving the obvious nonsense assumption that there is less radiation in the country aside, i wonder whether they will be getting rid of their mobiles and baby monitor any time soon? i rather doubt it. if people were really that worried about the long term effects of electromagnetic radiation THE SCIENTISTS and THE GOVERNMENT could do a lot worse than banning visible and ultraviolet light, genuinely proven causes of skin cancer...

it is a shame that many people are more inclined to trust hack journalists with an axe to grind (FACELESS MULTINATIONALS WANT TO KILL US ALL) than our own brains and judgement...

@AC: "THE GOVERNMENT could do a lot worse..." 

Posted Thursday 15th January 2009 13:21 GMT

Unhappy

"...than banning visible and ultraviolet light, genuinely proven causes of skin cancer..."

Knowing the current regime, putting hefty taxes on the stuff would be more likely.