Viral & Hoax

Een topic geheel gewijd aan virals en hoaxes. Deze twee liggen dicht bij elkaar.
Het komt ook voor dat een bericht klakkeloos overgenomen en vervormt wordt.
Waarna er berichten verschijnen die de boel weer in het juiste perspectief zetten.
Of er in ieder geval een ander perspectief aan geven. Ik geef enkele voorbeelden.

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Hold the phone, Central! Cellphone radiation can cause
cancer: study.

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The scientists were right — your cell phone can give you

cancer.

There have long been whispers of a cancer connection from your cell — and a new study backs up the claims.

"These data are a clear sign of the real risks this kind of radiation poses for human health," study author Igor Yakymenko said.

Yakymenko’s meta-study — basically a study of hundreds of other studies — reveals many findings of previous researchers into how radiofrequency from your phone can

damage DNA.

That damage can add up over time and cause a variety of health problems, like cancer, headaches, fatigue and even skin problems.

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Scaremongering About Cell Phones.

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Once again sensation click-bait headlines declare that a new study confirms that cell

phones cause cancer, when the truth is nothing of the sort. This fearmongering journalism fails to actually inform readers, and instead tries to alarm them with

misinformation.

Most of the headlines are some version of: “SHOCK STUDY: CELLPHONES CAN CAUSE CANCER,” in all caps to make sure you understand that you should be alarmed. None of the

mainstream reporting I saw looked passed the press release.

Let’s take a look at the actual study: Oxidative mechanisms of biological activity of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation.

The first thing to note as that this is a review article. It does not present any new data. It is not an experiment or observational study. It’s not even a meta-

analysis. It is just a group of researchers looking at the literature and proclaiming that it confirms what they already believed.

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Bron: The Skeptics Guide.

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Oxidative mechanisms of biological activity of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation.

Viral & Hoax