Pediatricians Warn Cell Phone Radiation Poses Cancer Risk To Children
‘Following a study last May that linked wireless radiation to deadly heart and brain cancers, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a series of recommendations that warn parents of the dangers cell phones and other wireless devices present to their children.
The initial study was carried out by the US National Toxicology Program over a period of two years. It found that rats suffered DNA damage in their brain cells as well as a high probability of developing brain tumors and malignant Schwann cell tumors in the heart. Dr. Ronald L. Melnick, a toxicologist at the National Institutes of Health, said that the cancer risks for children are even greater due to greater penetration and absorption of cell phone radiation as well as a higher susceptibility to tissue-damaging agents.’
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