Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

by Clayton Farris Naff

Overview

The cell phone boom was exciting, but no sooner than cell phones were seemingly everywhere there was talk of the devices causing Cancer. It still isn't clear whether they do or not. This book posits essays across from each other, debating this issue. Readers will learn whether cell phones present carcinogenic hazards, what studies on animals have shown and if results are reliable, and the impact of ordinances on use, such as the San Francisco Mandatory Ordinance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737761689
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	08/23/2013
Series:	At Issue Series: Health
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 Cell Phones May Be Carcinogenic Hazards Danielle Dellorto 11

2 No Definitive Evidence Ties Cell Phone Radiation to Brain Cancer National Cancer Institute 15

3 Cell Phone Radiation Affects Fetal Mice Steven Reinberg 25

4 Call Me on My Mobile Phone … Or Better Not? INTERPHONE Results Rodolfo Saracci Jonathan Samet 29

5 Cell Phone Cancer Risks Remain Unclear Despite Research Efforts Sharon Begley 40

6 Epidemiology Is an Unreliable Way to Show Cancer Risk from Cell Phones Dariusz Leszczynski 48

7 Cell Phone Radiation Research Is Marred by Politics and Money Rob Harrill 53

8 San Francisco's Mandatory Cell Phone Warnings Are Misleading William Alsup 65

9 The San Francisco Cell Phone Ordinance Is Legally Justified and Prudent: Environmental Health Trust and the California Brain Tumor Association 77

10 The Laws of Physics Make Cancer from Cell Phones a Virtual Impossibility Bernard Leikind 83

Organizations to Contact 89

Bibliography 93

Index 98