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

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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 Get answers to the health questions everyone's asking. Hosted by experienced health reporters Dr Norman Swan and Tegan Taylor, What's That Rash? podcast gives you the information you need to feel good and make the best decisions for your brain and body. Listen to more episodes on ABC listen 👉 https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash Got a question? Email us at [email protected]  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! --------------------------------------------------------------- This episode's references: National Cancer Institute - Cell Phones and Cancer Risk https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet 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/e024489.full Has the incidence of brain cancer risen in Australia since the introduction of mobile phones 29 years ago? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877782116300509?via%3Dihub 5G: the new generation of the mobile phone network and health https://arpansa.gov.au/news/5g-new-generation-mobile-phone-network-and-health --------------------------------------------------------------- #Health #SmartPhone #Radiation #WhatsThatRash Subscribe: https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Like: https://www.facebook.com/ABCScience Follow: https://www.instagram.com/ABCHealth --------------------------------------------------------------- This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Please see the ABC Online Terms of Use for the reasons why we may remove content from this page, or ban people: http://about.abc.net.au/terms-of-use/