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2025-03-21 11:56:05 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

There is no evidence phone radiation causes cancer or any neurological damage: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet Some studies suggests that it can be distracting with phones in school and can thus impact learnings anyway, some countries are banning them for this reason: https://www.thelocal.se/20250313/sweden-to-ban-pupils-from-having-phones-in-schools?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AerBZYOvkNW6GAqpu_JAjOAx3K7TMZh9waej9379_6S8ji_A4GSgDRW5Bn3CyflUOO8%3D&gaa_ts=67dd547c&gaa_sig=R1hFF_JPY_4aYWHTG2pgONr13Wo72ZQWIwet1r7rVggKZkI7ooessNp6t7VwjF7E_-xsmqnphhNpzrrXQVuewQ%3D%3D But there is no basis for RFKs ideas

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• There is no evidence phone radiation causes cancer or any neurological damage: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet Some studies suggests that it can be distracting with phones in school and can thus impact learnings anyway, some countries are banning them for this reason: https://www.thelocal.se/20250313/sweden-to-ban-pupils-from-having-phones-in-schools?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AerBZYOvkNW6GAqpu_JAjOAx3K7TMZh9waej9379_6S8ji_A4GSgDRW5Bn3CyflUOO8%3D&gaa_ts=67dd547c&gaa_sig=R1hFF_JPY_4aYWHTG2pgONr13Wo72ZQWIwet1r7rVggKZkI7ooessNp6t7VwjF7E_-xsmqnphhNpzrrXQVuewQ%3D%3D But there is no basis for RFKs ideas