Cell phones: The next cigarettes?

A prominent researcher warns about cancer risk.

What happened

Dr. Ronald Herberman, the director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, warned his faculty and staff to limit their cell phone use, and that of their children, due to a possible risk of cancer. Haberman based his warning, the first from a major academic institution, on unpublished data, saying the risks are too high to wait for a definitive answer from science. (AP in The Washington Post)

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