Scientists finally agree that your phone won't give you cancer

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Good news for the tech junkies out there: Experts agree that cell phones do not cause cancer. At least, not in humans.

The National Toxicology Program, which studies all kinds of possible causes for disease, has been conducting studies on mice and rats "to help clarify any potential health risks" that might result from the radiation from cell phones. In "the highest of doses for the longest periods of time," cell phone radiation might pose a cancer risk to rats, NBC News reported.

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Shivani is the editorial assistant at TheWeek.com and has previously written for StreetEasy and Mic.com. A graduate of the physics and journalism departments at NYU, Shivani currently lives in Brooklyn and spends free time cooking, watching TV, and taking too many selfies.