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This was a heavy weight expert panel convened by the NIH's National Toxicology Program (https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/) that met over three days to evaluate the results of this specific study. Their conclusions represent most authoritative current scientific opinion on this issue in the US.
The experts found that the study authors understated the significance of their conclusions in the original publications (from last year), and that cell phone radiation likely did cause cancer in the rats.
These conclusions also aligned with earlier studies that found similar results but with less rigor. This represents a change in scientific thinking on this issue. The new conclusion is:
Experts interviewed by NPR and others recommend consumers take prudent steps like using speaker phones or head sets, and not keeping cell phones on their bodies all day, to limit exposure.
This was a heavy weight expert panel convened by the NIH's National Toxicology Program (https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/) that met over three days to evaluate the results of this specific study. Their conclusions represent most authoritative current scientific opinion on this issue in the US.
The experts found that the study authors understated the significance of their conclusions in the original publications (from last year), and that cell phone radiation likely did cause cancer in the rats.
These conclusions also aligned with earlier studies that found similar results but with less rigor. This represents a change in scientific thinking on this issue. The new conclusion is:
- Cell phones likely can cause cancer in mammals.
- Nevertheless the dangers are likely very small.
Experts interviewed by NPR and others recommend consumers take prudent steps like using speaker phones or head sets, and not keeping cell phones on their bodies all day, to limit exposure.
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