Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of the acclaimed The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, asks do cellphones cause brain cancer? Mukherjee does a good job laying out different research designs–experimental, epidemiological, retrospective and prospective case-control studies–and their potential confounds. The best extant studies find little, no, or even a small beneficial effect, and thus Mukherjee concludes that as of now the evidence remains “far from convincing.”One less thing to worry about. So don't worry, be happy!
Monday, 18 April 2011
Do cellphones cause brain damage?
From Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution.
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