Media Coverage of Congressional Hearing on Cancer and Cell Phones

Media Coverage of Congressional Hearing on Cancer and Cell Phones September 25, 20081 Subcommittee on Domestic Policy2, Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Chairman

CNN - Scientists debate possible cell phone link to brain cancer http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/09/25/cellphones.cancer/index.html?iref=24hours

ABC News – Cell phones and cancer: Congress wants answers http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5864197&page=1

ABC News, Chicago – Remaining mute, cell phone execs refuse to appear before Congress http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Blotter/story?id=5885440&page=1

Agence France-Presse (AFP) – Scientists warn US Congress of cancer risk for cell phone use http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2GtaXt_4waJptMgS8t9Kt2fx7RQ

Business Week – Cell phones and cancer: More research needed http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2008/tc20080925_833994.htm? chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_technology

Economist – Mobile madness. http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12295222

Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX – Experts find no cell phone link to brain cancer but urge caution http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/934886.html

Las Vegas Sun – Definitive answer needed: Research is needed in light of warnings about health effects of cell phones. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/03/definitive-answer-needed

London Daily Mail (UK) – We can’t ignore the links between mobile phones and cancer like we did with tobacco, top scientists tell U.S. Congress. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1062578/We-ignore-links-mobile- phones-cancer-like-did-tobacco-scientists-tell-U-S-Congress.html

Medical News Today - Cell Phone Use And Tumors: Congress Hears What Science Has To Say http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123266.php

1 Video available at http://domesticpolicy.oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=2201 2 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Congressman Henry A. Waxman, Chairman

Media Summary Congressional Hearing September 25, 2008 Nancy Evans 4/3/2018 1 Memphis Commercial Appeal – Risky business: Do cell phones, fish, plastic containers, and aluminum really pose dangers? http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/oct/05/risky-business-t/

MSNBC - Pittsburgh Doctor Takes Cell Phone Warning To Congress http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26894078/

NPR (All Things Considered) – Doctors urge research on cell phone-cancer issue http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95054397

Pittsburgh Post Gazette – UPMC's Herberman to address Congress on cell phone risks http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08269/914910-114.stm

Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Cell phones, cancer debated http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08270/915236-85.stm

PR-Inside.com (Austria) – Cell phone cancer threat supported by more research http://www.pr-inside.com/cell-phone-cancer-threat-supported-by-r827789.htm

Sunday Mail (UK) - Warning label push - Phone risk 'a reality" http://www.emfacts.com/weblog/?p=975

WTAE-TV 4 (Pittsburgh) - Pittsburgh Doctor Takes Cell Phone Warning To Congress http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17557145/detail.html?subid=10101261

St. Kitts Democrat – Cons, cons and pros of cell phones. http://www.pamdemocrat.org/Newspaper/Details.cfm?Nz=*4W!P5IN %3DDWNO10%20%20%0A&Iz=%23*2TE%0A

Straits Times (Singapore) – Cancer risk for cell phone use http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Tech%2Band %2BScience/Story/STIStory_282767.html

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)- Scientists warn U.S. Congress of cancer risk for mobile phones. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080925/hl_afp/ushealthcancertelephone

TOPNEWS (India) – Scientists feel more research needed to establish link between cell phones and cancer. http://www.topnews.in/usa/scientists-feel-more-research-needed- establish-link-between-cell-phones-and-cancer-21465

TopTechNews.com Cell phones and cancer: More research needed http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=0010003JG3DX

United Press International (UPI) – Expert: Kids more at risk from cell phones http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/09/26/Expert_Kids_more_at_risk_from_cell_pho nes/UPI-29371222403322/

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