Survey: Your Brain on Cellphones
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 03.14.08
The New York Times tells us about growing concern in Europe about the use of cellphones by kids; they worry that there is "still only scanty scientific information about the long-term impact of radio frequency electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile telephones on the developing brains and tissues of children." In France, the Health Minister says “If there is a risk, then children with developing nervous systems would be affected. I’ve alerted parents about the use of mobile telephones because it’s absurd for young children to have them.” But what about grownup brains?
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