Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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The Danger of Mobile Phones

Holding a radiation-emitting object next to one's head never did seem like a good idea to me. This article offers a doctor's perspective.
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  • 4 comments
dakiwiboid

I wouldn't rush to cite that article, if I were you.

dakiwiboid

April 1 2008, 17:10:52 UTC 13 years ago

Suspicious features:
It's in the Independent, a newspaper that's known for printing articles of dubious provenance when it comes to health issues.
There is no link to Dr. Khurana's article, and I'm having a hard time finding it, or credible info on Dr. Khurana himself on Google.
Although they claim that Dr. Khurana is an "award-winning cancer expert", they don't tell you his institution. One of the citations on Google (on an alternate health site) claims Dr. Khurana's from the Mayo Clinic. He's not faculty, and while a V. G. Khurana is listed as a primary author on publications there, those publications don't seem to have anything to do with cancer or cellphones.

I'd really like to read the article in question for myself and draw my own conclusions, rather than seeing it through the sensationalist lens of an Independent reporter.

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dakiwiboid

I still want to know the source of the information

dakiwiboid

April 6 2008, 02:04:29 UTC 13 years ago

I do not trust the Independent. It is an unreliable source, and has printed downright lies. It's against my religion to spread lies. How about yours?

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dakiwiboid

The fact the other people are lying does not affect my personal integrity

dakiwiboid

April 6 2008, 15:45:43 UTC 13 years ago

My own religious faith and ethical system will not permit me to follow the "well, it might be true, so pass it on" system.

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ysabetwordsmith

Re: The fact the other people are lying does not affect my personal integrity

ysabetwordsmith

April 6 2008, 19:31:42 UTC 13 years ago

My approach is to gather data over time, and see what patterns emerge.