Study Says Cell Phones A Radiation Risk

An award winning cancer expert has concluded that cell phones will be a larger threat than smoking for the world wide population in the future. Cell phone usage is said to be at 3 billion users world wide, three times as many as smoking. The study, by Dr. Vini Khurana, has concluded that radiation risks from cell phones are a major risk, and that the amount of people diagnosed with brain cancer will significantly increase if there are no changes. The reason many studies have said cell phones are not a risk, is because they haven't looked at long term usage, that of 10 years or more, at least not on a wide scale.

I think most of us can assume the risks that are involved with cell phones, but decide to turn the other way and try to believe otherwise. I like Germany and France's moves, advising people to minimize handset use, and or use headsets. I think this is a step in the right direction, not taking too drastic of measures to significantly harm the mobile industry in the chance that studies are wrong, but also to warn people that their cell phones may not be safe.

Article: Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'

My Start-Up Life

I was in my local bookstore the other day, and decided to pick a book I hadn't heard of before. The book tells the story of Ben Casnocha, a very young entrepreneur who started Comcate in 2001 when he was only 14 years old. Ben talks about his experiences in Silicon Valley, and about problems he had to overcome in order to triumph; personal and business wise. All in all, I found it to be a great book. It also brings up the question that has been floating around recently (because of the reality TV show Kid Nation), that asks if children are being protected too much, and are prevented from "integrating into the real world" as quickly as they are capable of. Anyways, enough rambling from me, if you come across this book, pick it up and give it a read (My Start-Up Life by Ben Casnocha).