Cell Phones and Cancer

My husband and I have been concerned about the research suggesting there might be a link between cell phone use and cancer. He has a strong family history of cancer so we’ve worked hard to limit the exposure our family, especially our children, have to possible carcinogens. We both have cell phones so one option I had been considering was purchasing headsets to use with our cell phones. However, I had hesitated to spend the money since the research is currently inconclusive.
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Twelve Products You May Want to Avoid

Many people have seen the “Dirty Dozen” food listing created by the Environmental Working Group. (If not, you can see the full list and print a handy wallet-sized guide at http://www.foodnews.org/walletguide.php.) I just came across a similar listing for the “Dirty Dozen Consumer Products” published by the Cancer Prevention Coalition so wanted to share it as a follow-on to both the Book Review for “Clean House, Clean Planet” and What Does ‘Body Burden’ Mean and How Does this Affect My Family?

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