Title: Cell Phones and Cancer
Producer: Emily Halevy
Feed: CWKN #391, June 25, 2008
Time: 1:27
SUGGESTED LEAD: CAN CELL PHONES CAUSE CANCER? FOR YEARS, RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN STUDYING WHETHER THE RADIO WAVES EMITTED BY CELL PHONES INCREASE THE RISK OF CANCER.  AND NOW THE LATEST PIECE OF RESEARCH IS OUT. CONNECT WITH KIDS HAS THE STORY.
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NATS: GETTING OUT OF CAR

NARR:  WHEN JORDAN MANDLEBAUM GOES TO THE MALL … HER MOM GIVES HER A CELL PHONE TO STAY IN TOUCH… (:06)

NATS: “It’s Jordan.”

NARR: BUT …

COULD THAT PHONE BE GIVING HER CANCER?

RESEARCHERS AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY IN ISRAEL, STUDIED PEOPLE WITH SALIVARY GLAND CANCER AND THOSE WITHOUT. 

THEY FOUND THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE HEAVY CELL PHONE USERS WERE FIFTY PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP A TUMOR OF THE SALIVARY GLAND.

BUT WHAT CONSTITUTES HEAVY USE? (:21)

SUPER: Nick DeFilippis, Ph.D., Neurologist (:43)
“Unless your older child or adolescent has a cell phone glued to their ear for several hours a day, you probably don’t have to worry about anything, unless there’s more definitive scientific research that comes out that suggests there is a concern.”

NARR: WHAT’S MORE, EXPERTS SAY AS YET THERE ARE NO CONCLUSIVE STUDIES THAT SHOW CELL PHONES ARE A CAUSE OF CANCER. (:05)

SUPER: Nabil Saba, M.D., Emory University (:58)  
“Because those are not really controlled studies.  They’re basically are studies where they try to observe uh, what has happened and try to correlate it with factors that may have lead to the increased risk.”

NARR: HE SAYS MORE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE DONE… IN THE MEANTIME, HIS ADVICE? (:04)

SOT: Nabil Saba, M.D., Emory University
“I think everything in moderation is good.  I do not think you should take the action of preventing cell phone use.” 

NARR: STILL, LYNN SAYS THAT DOESN’T QUITE SET HER MIND AT EASE. (:04)

SUPER: Lynn Mandlebaum, Jordan’s Mother (1:26)
“I think as a parent I’ve gotta keep my eyes and ears open for future research.”

NARR: I’M COLLIN SIEDOR FOR CONNECT WITH KIDS. (:03)

SUGGESTED TAG:   EXPERTS SAY SALIVARY GLAND IS VERY RARE- ONLY ONE IN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL BE DIAGNOSED AND 80 PERCENT WILL RECOVER COMPLETELY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EXPOSURE TO RADIATION FROM CELL PHONES, VISIT OUR (LOCAL STATION) WEBSITE AND CLICK ON THE CONNECT WITH KIDS ICON.