There's yet another report on mobiles 'phones and the cancer risk reported in a recent Ecologist. This one, by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, plumps for classifying mobiles as "possibly carcinogenic" (so, in the same catch-all bracket as, say, coffee). I've studied this subject quite a lot since we had a huge furore in our village a few years back over the proposal to mount a new transmission mast locally, and from everything I've read the IARC conclusion is about all one could expect right now.
So, how should one behave? The answer is, surely, to adhere to the precautionary principle. Most people would not want to be without their mobiles so moderate use, wired headphones and texting rather than calling would seem to be the answers. Meanwhile I, for one, am participating in the long-term COSMOS project - the sort of assessment that is required to provide any more definitive view.
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