The Vox Box

Tue., Sept. 23, 2008

Will your cell phone rot your brain out?

The controversy isn't new: Can your cell phone give you brain cancer? But this week Congress is asking doctors around the nation to explain their findings.

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Dr. David Carpenter, the director of the Institute of Health and Environment at the University of Albany, says cell phones are more likely to cause brain cancer in those under the age of 20:

"Because the skull is so thin and the head is relatively small, the radiation penetrates almost through the head," Carpenter said on Good Morning America.

AGGG!!!!

Other scientists, however, are not so convinced. Most studies have found that there was no association between cell phones and cancer, a stance shared by the Food and Drug Administration and the American Cancer Society.

QUESTION: Do stories like these make you leary to use your cell phone?

Posted Sept. 23, 2008, 10:22 a.m.

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.