Fayceless on 31 May 2011
| vlad321 said: http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf Basically they consider radiation from cell phones as possibly carcinogenic and classified them as Grouop 2B. I looked it up and Lead was on that list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:IARC_Group_2B_carcinogens |
That's not a good comparison. That in no way implies that cell phones are as dangerous as lead. Lead is dangerous for reasons not related to any carcinogenic properties.
A much better comparison of danger would be these, also on the list:
-nickel
-isopropene (a common compound in the human body)
-carbon black (commonly found in car tires, some inks and plastics)
-coffee
That's right folks, using a cell phone is as dangerous as drinking coffee.
