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Sophie Bushwick

Most Americans are never too far away from their cell phones. To date there have been no evidence of harmful radiation effects from the collective scientific community in spite of a recent report from California.

A California public health report suggests that cellphone exposure is bad for us — but the scientific community isn’t so sure

December 29, 2017Lifestyle

The potentially harmful effects of cellphones have been analyzed for years, with no conclusive evidence one way or the other thus far.

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