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I speak through phone averagely 5hours a day.do i have any possibility to have cancer or some other problem.please tell me other harmful effects of my?

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Not proven yet: Land phone may give you hearing impairment. Cell phone , work by radio frequency rf waves, a type of non ionizing radiation, which do not damage dna or RNA of the cell.So far no conclusive proof it gives cancer, 5 hr use will have higher sra(specific absorption rate ) will be at a higher risk group if it gives cancer.

Answered 6/10/2014

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