Most of us are aware of the potential dangers of cell phone radiation, but there’s ANOTHER danger you probably never thought of: GERMS!

Bacteria living on your cell phone can cause flu, pinkeye or diarrhea. In the October 23rd edition of the Wall Street Journal, Caroline Porter writes: "When you combine a cell phone’s proximity to your ears, nose and mouth with its bacteria-loving warmth, the result can be harmful to your health." While items like keys and computers harbor plenty of germs as well, they aren’t used close to these vulnerable parts of the body.
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What is the science behind the recent WHO report that cell phones are unsafe? The World Health Organization constantly monitors environmental toxins all over the world, and cell phone radiation is only one of these. Cell phones give off a weak form of energy called non-ionizing radiation, so WHO decided to add it them to the list of things they are investigating. Most of these studies so far show only an association between cell phone use and cancer, but there is no proof that a cell phone was the CAUSE of someone’s brain tumor.
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Is your cell phone safe to use? It depends on how you use it and where you carry it. The World Health Organization (WHO) now says that cell phones pose the same "carcinogenic hazard" as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform. This is a reversal for them: Earlier they said that no adverse health effects had been established from cell phone use.
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You can teach your computer lots of things, but what can you teach your phone? We can now send people words, images and videos on our iphones–what if we could send them a moving, 3-D representation? And researchers at Fermilab are building a device that will prove that the 3-D universe we THINK we live in is nothing but a hologram. This texting is more than just fun, there’s a serious side to it as well.
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