"The frontpage news this week about the World Health Organization saying that cellphones could possibly cause brain cancer, which our friends at the Shots blog have been covering, has generated a lot of discussion about how it might be smart to use headphones and Bluetooth devices rather than putting your cellphone up to your ear. The idea is that doing so would keep any radiation away from your brain. It wasn't the first time researchers have issued a caution like that about cellphones, although as Shots points out the experts "have yet to find a clear link between cellphones and cancer."" - Lit

I have been .. :-) - Sepi ⌘ سپی

You're more well disciplined than me. ;) - Lit

I'm just going to drop some actual science here: http://ff.im/EGjiF :) - Eivind

Alternate informational resources are always encouraged. Thanks for sharing your post. - Lit

You're welcome, Hannah :) The actual science always drowns in sensationalist headlines. - Eivind

No, I will not change my cell phone habits. The study that said it could possibly cause brain cancer said that for it to potentially have an effect, you'd have to talk on the phone for nearly an hour a day. I talk on the phone a total of about an hour a month. So no, I don't see any need to change that. - Rochelle

Rochelle: I personally don't like the idea of unneeded radiation, exposure to my head/brain (even if it isn't instantaneously cancer causing> NOTE: we should wait for more long-term research studies to complete life-long-continued-cell-phone-use effects to better understand cell phone use's biological impact). It's true that news headlines tend to exaggerate issues to spark attention. Yet, it never hurts to take possibly-preventative counter measures to protect your one head. :P - Lit