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Testing Cell Phone Radiation on Humans

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-precious-brains-are-already-scrambled dept.

Palm Addict writes "News.com reports that Finland's radiation watchdog is to study the effects of mobile phones on human proteins by direct tests on people's skin. From the article: 'A pilot study, to be conducted next week, will expose a small area of skin on volunteers' arms to cell phone radiation for the duration of a long phone call, or for one hour, research professor Dariusz Leszczynski said on Friday.'"

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  1. Radiation levels by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Informative

    CNET has another article showing the radiation levels of certain cell phones.

    Within the US models listed, Motorola has the highest with its Motorola V120c, and the lowest goes to the Audiovox PPC66001.
    Maybe people will want to check this chart before buying a new cell phone? Maybe not.

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
  2. Re:This reminds me of mobile cooking by code65536 · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's an urban legend that was posted some time ago either at /. or digg, and plenty of people showed that it was simply not possible. For one, even at maximum output and perfect cooking efficiency, the amount of energy emitted simply won't even come close to being enough.