harm to humans from wifi/cell-phones was pretty high on that list of most deleted stories on reddit.

USERS IN THE UNITED STATES ABOUT 4 BILLION WORLDWIDE. I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS ALMOST EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM USES A CELL PHONE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND MOST OF US DON'T GIVE A SECOND THOUGHT IT COULD HARM US IN ANY WAY. HOWEVER A GROWING NUMBER OF EXPERTS THINK THERE IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN. THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION EMITTED BY CELL PHONES ALBEIT SMALL BILLIONS OF TIMES LESS THAN AN X-RAY BUT SOME RESEARCHERS BELIEVE OVER THE COURSE OF MANY YEARS EVEN THIS LOW LEVEL RADIATION COULD CAUSE CANCER OF THE BRAIN AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AS WELL AS A RANGE OF OTHER HARMFUL EFFECTS. INDEED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED PEOPLE WHO USE CELL PHONES FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET TUMORS ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD WHERE THEY USUALLY HOLD THEIR PHONES. OTHER STUDIES MEANWHILE HAVE FOUND NO CORRELATION AT ALL. SO IT IS NOT THE INTENTION OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO CREATE UNDUE ALARM. BUT ONE THING WE WANT TO DISCUSS TODAY IS WHETHER WE NEED MORE RESEARCH IN THIS AREA AND HOW THAT RESEARCH SHOULD BE CONDUCTED. EXPERT WITNESSES WILL ALSO DISCUSS WHETHER THERE ARE PRECAUTIONS WE SHOULD BE TAKING NOW REDUCE RADIATION CASE OF THESE FEARS TURN OUT TO BE WELL-FOUNDED. I AM REMINDED THIS NATION'S EXPERIENCE WITH CIGARETTES, DECADES PASSED BETWEEN THE FIRST WARNINGS ABOUT SMOKING TOBACCO AND THE FINAL DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION THAT CIGARETTES CAUSE LUNG CANCER. IF MORE PEOPLE HAD HEEDED THE EARLY WARNINGS OR IF WE COULD ESTABLISH THE LINK BETWEEN TOBACCO AND CANCER MANY LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED. WE DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER CELLPHONE RADIATION POSES A SIMILAR DANGER. I HOPE TODAY'S HEARING WILL BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION. AND BEFORE WE TURN TO THE FIRST PANEL, I WOULD YIELD TO SENATOR SPECTER, WHO I WOULD STATE FOR THE RECORD REQUESTED THIS HEARING. IT WAS SENATOR SPECTER WHO CAME TO ME AND GOT MY ATTENTION AND SUGGESTED WE SHOULD INDEED HAVE A HEARING INTO THE MORE I LOOKED INTO IT THE MORE I THINK THAT SENATOR SPECTER IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. >> I HAD TO CALL SENATOR HARKIN ON HIS CELL PHONE TO GET HIM. [LAUGHTER] I WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH.