Wednesday, a team of researchers led by Dr. Nora D. Volkow decided to further fuel the great cellphone debate, announcing that cellphones affect brain activity, which sounds flashy but ultimately means very little, aside from: now we need to do more research.

“The study is important because it documents that the human brain is sensitive to the electromagnetic radiation that is emitted by cellphones,” Dr. Volkow said. “It also highlights the importance of doing studies to address the question of whether there are — or are not — long-lasting consequences of repeated stimulation, of getting exposed over five, 10 or 15 years.”

Rest assured, this means that in the mean time, cellphones are completely safe various organizations and Interest groups came out of their holes to assure all was fine, coaxing us back into our radiation filled cocoons.

“The peer-reviewed scientific evidence has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices, within the limits established by the F.C.C., do not pose a public health risk or cause any adverse health effects,” said John Walls, vice president of public affairs for the CTIA – The Wireless Association. Walls said that the groups “have concurred that wireless devices are not a public health risk.”

It makes me wonder how many people would even quit were they to discover the long term consequences. Cigarette smokers live with that kind of cognitive dissonance every day. Human beings are constantly looking for new ways to kill themselves.

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