Cell phones (and cancer) | The Incidental Economist

Cell phones (and cancer)

  July 16, 2011 at 10:00 am

  Austin Frakt

An instant xkcd classic.

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- Comments (2)
- by Phil in Brighton on July 16th, 2011 at 22:49
  
  Now I would conclude from the graph that cell phone use prevents cancer.
  
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- by David Littleboy on July 16th, 2011 at 23:22
  
  I checked out the incidence of brain tumors. It’s been falling for the whole cell phone period. So the obvious conclusion is that cell phones reduce brain tumors.
  
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