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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 02:44 PM
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Poll question: How worried are you about getting cancer from your cell phone?
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 02:45 PM
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1. I don't use it enough. eom
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hippiepunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 02:46 PM
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2. I hate cell phones
I don't talk enough to get cancer.
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Abelman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 02:47 PM
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3. Naw
With all the shite in the air nowadays, its only a matter of time before I get cancer from something.
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moof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 02:47 PM
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4. Unless there is a second hand cellphone cancer problem, no problem here.
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DrDebug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 02:51 PM
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5. I stopped using 2 years ago. Not because of cancer
They are expensive and they always ring when you don't want it to talk to somebody and I often think that they are a horrible invention especially in restaurants, public places, during meetings etc. etc.

Anyway I still have it, but the battery is dead and there's a layer of dust on it now. Theoretically I should still work.
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MessiahRp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 02:58 PM
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6. I guess I worry because
I put 5-6,000 minutes a month on my cell phone myself.

Rp
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 03:00 PM
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7. At ten or so minutes a month on the cell phone, I just don't worry
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Paranoid_Portlander Donating Member (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 03:30 PM
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8. I almost fainted once...
... from using an old 1998 model cell phone that weighs 1/2 pound and has an exposed antenna. However, I still use it, averaging about 20 minutes per month, with no problems. Has anyone else had this problem, or light-headedness while on a cell phone??
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 03:33 PM
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9. At first I thought it said 1988
so I figured you fainted from holding the huge thing.

I have a cell phone, but I probably use about 150 min a month max (that seems like so much).

I've never felt lightheaded while using it before.
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Blue Gardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 03:58 PM
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10. I would get rid of the older models
My favorite cousin died from a brain tumor several years ago, several months after he started using one of the older models of cell phones. He was only 40 years old. Not saying that caused the tumor, just saying it's a coincidence. I only use my phone at most maybe 20-30 minutes a month.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 04:17 PM
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11. not worried
and I use my phone proably 2,000 minutes a month. Use a headset, and the risk, even in the most hyperbolic studies, goes to negligible.
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shesemsmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 04:19 PM
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12. I don't worry about the cell phone
I worry about the air from the power plant
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two gun sid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 04:21 PM
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13. Naw. I'm more concerned with the metal plating factories....
and what they dump into our river here in my hometown.
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