Cell Phone Safety List

When I was hiking through the Andes, I saw people chatting on their cell phones. In Kerala, India, I saw fishermen call into shore their boats to negotiate a price for the day’s catch. They even send pictures!

Cell phones are ubiquitous. Especially in the third world, they give people that wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford it access to the internet. And in that way, the cell phone is one of the greatest inventions of our time.

But I’m conflicted about the health consequence.

Did Cell Phones Give Kennedy Cancer?

Dear Reader,
Some people think Senator Kennedy’s cell phone caused it.
Senator Ted Kennedy’s been diagnosed with a malignant “glioma,” a kind of brain cancer specifically considered a risk for cell phone users.
Should you be worried?
The truth is cell phones have not been around long enough to give us the kind of long-term studies we really need [...]