Do Phones Really Cause Cancer? Debunking 5G Radiation Myths | What's That Rash?

Are our phones secretly harming us? 📱 Dr Norman Swan and journalist Tegan Taylor dive into the science, understanding the myths and conspiracy theories about 5G, radiation and cancer risk. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube 👉 https://ab.co/2YFO4Go

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00:00 Intro
00:14 What effect does phone radiation have on our health?
00:49 Radiation spectrum and cancer
01:13 Low and high energy radio waves
02:54 Ionising vs Non-ionising radiation
03:46 Where does mobile phone radiation fit?
04:30 What are 3G, 4G and 5G?
05:50 What if your phone gets hot?
06:30 Data on rates of brain cancer
07:43 Mobile phones and dementia
08:02 What the data says
08:45 Tech anxiety and psychology of risk
10:19 Bigger risk - social media?
11:08 Anxiety from the fountain pen to glass(!) to Tetris
13:00 Debunking 5G conspiracy theories
14:21 Summing up
15:00 Mailbag: Nightshades
16:13 Mailbag: Atropine and Belladonna
17:24 Mailbag: The benefits of potato peel
18:06 Send us your questions!

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This episode's references:

National Cancer Institute - Cell Phones and Cancer Risk
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/c...

Mobile phone use and incidence of brain tumour histological types, grading or anatomical location: a population-based ecological study
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/12/...

Has the incidence of brain cancer risen in Australia since the introduction of mobile phones 29 years ago?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

5G: the new generation of the mobile phone network and health
https://arpansa.gov.au/news/5g-new-ge...

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