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Re:WHO: Cell phone use can increase cancer risk by davecap1 on Tuesday May 31, 2011 @01:21PM (#2603487)
Good thing kids (and many non-kids) these days text instead of talking on their phones. Any idea if the radiation is decreased when holding the phone in your hand while there is no voice data going in/out? I would assume it is...
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Re:WHO: Cell phone use can increase cancer risk by mustpax on Tuesday May 31, 2011 @02:14PM (#2603728)
Signal strength drops with the square of the distance so it matters quite a bit how far you're holding the device.
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Re:WHO: Cell phone use can increase cancer risk by jff on Tuesday May 31, 2011 @02:00PM (#2603674)
Ah, but they hide the phones under their desks, so the teacher can't see them. Hide the phones in their laps. We're breeding a generation of Luddites by allowing phone-using kids to sterilize themselves :)
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Re:WHO: Cell phone use can increase cancer risk by squasher on Tuesday May 31, 2011 @05:54PM (#2604812)
Teachers <i>always</i> know. They just sometimes choose not to fight that battle.
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