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*sigh* Alar scare, part whatever
Jun. 2nd, 2011 08:18 amOH NOES! CELLPHONES CAUSE TEH CANCER!
Okay, look, the question should not be "Do cellphones cause cancer?" because damn near everything causes cancer. The question should be "How much cellphone use causes cancer?"
If you're like me, and use a cellphone a couple times a week (yes, you read that correctly... I make/receive a very few calls in any given week), it's not going to significantly add to your chances of getting a brain tumor.
If you're like that lady who yakked in the train 'quiet car' for 16 hours straight.... well, it's still probably not going to significantly raise your chances of getting cancer.
I mean, let's face facts. Too much of anything is bad for you. Too much water can kill you, and I don't just mean by drowning. And there was that dumbass who got himself hospitalized because he ate several bags of microwave popcorn every day for years.
So too much cellphone use is bad. But until scientists actually qualify how much is too much (and therefore how much is bad), panicking won't help things. (Real scientists, not dopey shits like the moron who said sodium benzoate in soda is bad for you, not noting that you would need to drink 300 cans a day to exceed FDA guidelines, at which point, you have other things besides the sodium benzoate to worry about.)
Okay, look, the question should not be "Do cellphones cause cancer?" because damn near everything causes cancer. The question should be "How much cellphone use causes cancer?"
If you're like me, and use a cellphone a couple times a week (yes, you read that correctly... I make/receive a very few calls in any given week), it's not going to significantly add to your chances of getting a brain tumor.
If you're like that lady who yakked in the train 'quiet car' for 16 hours straight.... well, it's still probably not going to significantly raise your chances of getting cancer.
I mean, let's face facts. Too much of anything is bad for you. Too much water can kill you, and I don't just mean by drowning. And there was that dumbass who got himself hospitalized because he ate several bags of microwave popcorn every day for years.
So too much cellphone use is bad. But until scientists actually qualify how much is too much (and therefore how much is bad), panicking won't help things. (Real scientists, not dopey shits like the moron who said sodium benzoate in soda is bad for you, not noting that you would need to drink 300 cans a day to exceed FDA guidelines, at which point, you have other things besides the sodium benzoate to worry about.)
