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PHYSICS SAYS cellphones can?t cause cancer. ?Cell phones cannot cause cancer, because they do not e?

By Glenn Reynolds

PHYSICS SAYS cellphones can’t cause cancer. “Cell phones cannot cause cancer, because they do not emit enough energy to break the molecular bonds inside cells. Some forms of electromagnetic radiation, such as x-rays, gamma rays and ultraviolet (UV) radiation, are energetic enough to break the bonds in key molecules such as DNA and thereby generate mutations that lead to cancer. Electromagnetic radiation in the form of infrared light, microwaves, television and radio signals, and AC power is too weak to break those bonds, so we don?t worry about radios, televisions, microwave ovens and power outlets causing cancer.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 14, 2010 (boomark / email).