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Article: EARTH TALK: ; Are cell-phone tower radiation, cancer linked?
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- March 10, 2008
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Dear EarthTalk: My uncle worked for over a decade on the top
floor of an office building with cell phone towers directly above
him. He recently was diagnosed with cancer. Is there any scientific
evidence of links between exposure to cell phone tower radiation and
cancer? - Jennifer L., Wellesley, Mass.
No one doubts that cell phone towers give off low-level radio-
frequency radiation (similar to the microwave oven in your home),
but scientists are still debating the health effects of long-term
exposure.
Some people are genetically predisposed to certain types of
cancers, while others are not (for example, some lifelong smokers
get lung cancer while others don't). ...