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Re:Cancer and mobile phones by jamroom on Saturday July 14, 2018 @12:05PM (#17530852)
This is true if you believe in the LNT (Linear No Threshold) model:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model

Then check out the idea of Radiation Hormesis:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis

It's an interesting idea.

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Re:Cancer and mobile phones by Analemma_ on Saturday July 14, 2018 @12:12PM (#17530880)
Both LNT and hormesis are talking about ionizing radiation and so don’t apply here. Hormesis is unlikely to be true anyway though.
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