Yesterday Google News reported that the head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. I caught the story on Howard Stern. Howard had commented on how cell phones can be used to pop popcorn and must be dangerous. Pretty neat, so I thought I would investigate. Below is the You Tube clip that shows three cell phones making popcorn. Seems easy enough. After a quick check on Snopes.com however it appears to be an urban legend. The last paragraph explains it all at Cell Phone Popcorn Urban Legend.
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