Study Clears Cell Phone Towers of Childhood Cancer Connection

June 22nd, 2010 admin

Living near a cell phone tower while you’re pregnant doesn’t raise your baby’s risk of developing a childhood cancer, British researchers report. “These results are reassuring with respect to cancer risk in young children and living near mobile phone base stations,” said lead researcher Dr. Paul Elliott, a professor of epidemiology and public health medicine at Imperial College London.


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