What does it mean to say that the World Health Organization says that there is a “possible link” between cell phones and cancer? How should you interpret and react to this statement?

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What does it mean to say that the World Health Organization says that there is a “possible link” between cell phones and cancer? How should you interpret and react to this statement?

Listen to the podcast “Cell Phone Science” from the show Skeptically Speaking (which later became Science for the People) found here

http://www.scienceforthepeople.ca/episodes/cell-phone-science

and answer the following questions

1) How is talking on a cell phone like putting a microwave oven to your head? What is the key difference?

2) What does it mean to say that the World Health Organization says that there is a “possible link” between cell phones and cancer? How should you interpret and react to this statement?

3) List the WHO’s risk factor categories. Give some examples of each. Be sure to note which one cell phones fall into.


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