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Have either Google or Oculus addressed any health risks due to cell/wifi as a result of holding a phone close to your face for extended periods?


I think there would need to be evidence that holding a cell/wifi chose to your face causes health problems. This is what the American Cancer Society thinks, if you trust them: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/a...


From that ACS page you linked to

> "The study found increased (although still low) risks of these tumors in male rats exposed to RF radiation, although there was no increased risk among female rats."

> "There was again a suggestion of a possible increased risk in the 10% of people who used their cell phones the most, but this was hard to interpret because some people reported implausibly high cell phone use, as well as other issues."

> "Some studies have found a possible link. For example, several studies published by the same research group in Sweden have reported an increased risk of tumors on the side of the head where the cell phone was held, particularly with 10 or more years of use."

> "A recent small study in people has shown that cell phones may also have some other effects on the brain, although it’s not clear if they’re harmful. The study found that when people had an active cell phone held up to their ear for 50 minutes, brain tissues on the same side of the head as the phone used more glucose than did tissues on the other side of the brain."

How can people dismiss this as not worrying? How can people bring these concerns into discourse without being labeled a Luddite?


The consensus is that there aren't any.




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