Cell Phones Make My Head Hurt
Skull and cell phone image found in Cambridge, MA.
For years cell phone companies have been telling us there’s nothing to worry about, but recent studies have found cell phones pose significant risk for brain tumors. There’s great cause for concern if those studies are true, but so far they have yet to be replicated. This week, the Senate held a committee hearing and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences held a conference on whether cell phones cause cancer.
Guests:
Maggie Reardon, reporter with CNET; she was at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences conference in DC this week
Dr. Christopher Duma, MD, FACS, Medical Director of Brain Tumor Program at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach
Dr. Michael Thun, MD, MS, Vice President Emeritus of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research with the American Cancer Society
- Patt Morrison for September 16, 2009
- Green Power is All the Rage
- Not a Genuine Black Man
- Cell Phones Make My Head Hurt
- Does Traffic Make Sense and Can It Be Stopped?
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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