Source: Fox News
Summary
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is initiating a study on the potential health impacts of cellphone radiation. This study comes after the FDA removed outdated conclusions on cellphone radiation safety. Amid concerns raised by a strategy report, HHS aims to identify knowledge gaps regarding the health effects of electromagnetic radiation from various sources, including cellphones. Past studies have shown potential links between high exposure to radio frequency radiation and cancer in male rats, though these conditions differ from human exposure. Regulatory bodies maintain that no definite health problems have been linked to wireless devices, while recommending caution in usage habits.
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This is not the first warning of its kind. Once again, experts are raising red flags about cellphone radiation, as if we didn’t already have enough to worry about. Remember when coffee was bad for you? Then it was a health drink. Spinach? Superfood one week, deadly oxalate storage unit the next. We’re all expected to toss and turn in anxiety as we wait for a definitive answer to life’s most pressing problem—are we compromised by our pockets? So until HHS figures this out, consider your next call a gamble on your health while you navigate a minefield of recommendations and concerns. What’s next? A national study on how many of us have become walking Wi-Fi hotspots? Updated advice is likely.
Author: Evan Null
