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Cell Phone Use Endangers Boneheads

Scientific American - Posted: November 20th, 2008, 8:54am EST

p[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]/ppThe jury is still out on the relationship between cell phone use and brain tumors. But the American Association of Neurological Surgeons has issued a statement to remind people that cell phones present lots of other risks to your brain. Of course, we all know about yapping while driving. A Harvard study finds that 2600 people die each year in accidents related to cell distraction and 12,000 more are injured. Canadian research shows that yoursquo;re four times more likely to be in an accident while on the phone. a href=http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=cell-phone-use-endangers-boneheads-08-11-20[More]/a

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