A member asked:

Can phone radiation travel with touch? for example, if i touch a phone and then my eyelid with the same fingers, could i get cancer in my eyelid? or can i get cancer in body parts more likely to get cancer, like if i touch a phone then a breast?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No risk, no worry: Phone radiation does not cause cancer; that's an urban myth. Ignore unscientific websites. In any case, radiation doesn't work that way; it's not like an infection you can pass around. Any effect from radiation is directly from the exposure itself. By the way, all humans are continually exposed to intense radiation all the time. We live in a sea of cosmic rays, electromagnetism, and microwaves.

Answered 11/7/2019

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