But the mechanism behind asbestos carcinogenesis also isn't known, observed Revere, who thinks the subject is "still a live issue."
"Both WHO and EU are concerned, and there is a big UK study being mounted," he wrote. "It's definitely controversial, but the clue to when science is going to be controversial is when the stakes are high, and for EMF, they are very high."
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In the report, the panel authors are careful not to make strong claims and to acknowledge that there is scientific debate about electromagnetic radiation dangers, but they suggest as a precaution, using handsets instead of talking directly into the cell phone or texting instead of calling.
Sampson acknowledged that some epidemiologists believe there may be a cancer-cell phone link, but claimed that nearly all physicists and doctors don't.
"They say that opinions differ in the scientific community," Sampson said. "Opinions do not differ in the scientific community. It belongs in the circular file," he concluded.
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