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Cell phone harmless theory

Let's go back in time in a time machine and review the medical research related to cell phones to see what theories absolve us of the "crimes" of our beloved electronic devices. To understand the first example, you don't actually need to start the time machine.

In December 2014, the University of Manchester published a study concluding that the magnetic fields created by mobile phones and wires do not cause health problems. Studies have shown that these magnetic fields do not affect the body's flavoprotein, which was previously thought to be the source of all sorts of dire problems. It looks like a good start, then look back.

In early 2014, detailed results from an 11-year research project showed no evidence that cell phone use increases cancer risk. In 2013, epidemiologists at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom concluded that "increased mobile phone use was not associated with the incidence of neuroblastoma, melanoma, or non-central nervous system cancers." The study surveyed more than 700,000 people.

In 2012, a Scandinavian study found no evidence that brain tumor rates had changed over the past 20 years. Also in Europe, a Danish study published in 2011 said that after studying 350,000 people for 18 years, they concluded that mobile phone users were not at higher risk of developing brain cancer than others.

The last stop was the American Cancer Society, and while they didn't claim that cell phone use was safe, they did spend a lot of time listing a series of research findings that held this view.

Many people are convinced by these conclusions.