Cell phones linked to eye cancer.

January 15, 2001 12:45 PM

Cell phones linked to eye cancer.
posted by tiaka (5 comments total)

i thot they were just linked to bad driving and obnoxious public behavior by the insecure
posted by ethylene at 1:18 PM on January 15, 2001

I think the article forgot brain damage too...
posted by Dark Messiah at 2:09 PM on January 15, 2001

I was a friend's house and he owns a geiger counter.
He got his cell phone and called his answering machine, then held the phone near the counter. The needle went halfway up the friggin' dial! I think I'm gonna skip the cell phone and get a Blackber-uh, Motorola Timeport
posted by black8 at 3:35 PM on January 15, 2001

Dunno, it only went crazy when he held the antenna side (the back) near it. So I guess the front was shielded.
Scary nonetheless.
posted by black8 at 9:13 PM on January 15, 2001

Fox News in DC reported this story two nights ago. In the story they mentioned that doctors say the two most sensitive parts of one's body to this type of radiation are one's eyes and one's testicles. They then recommended that you don't put an "active" cell phone on your belt.

Well, that adds insult to injury. I just found the perfect cell phone (with lots of minutes) and the perfect belt holder!
posted by Taken Outtacontext at 6:07 AM on January 17, 2001