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...Bell concluded in 1982 with a consent decree forcing it to spin off the seven regional Baby Bells. It wasn't a panacea, but it kicked off a process that dramatically increased competition and improved service. And the Baby Bells have carried their competition into new areas like cellular telephones and Internet access...
...this is meta-neuroscience," says Snyder, laughing. "But I tend to think that the cells will take their cue from the host that houses them" rather than remembering their past lives like so many cellular Shirley MacLaines. So, in the case of brain-cell implants, it would seem, it is better to be the recipient than the donor...
...station. Still, I was startled by the possibility that ABC could have uncovered a smoking gun in a medical controversy that has been simmering unresolved for years. The program centered on the old allegations of George Carlo, the former director of a $25 million research effort begun by the cellular-phone industry to investigate the health effects of the low-level microwave emissions...
After spending six years and millions of dollars, Carlo produced only an inconclusive report offering no more than suspicions of health risks. Even so, 20/20 accepted it as medical fact. "We have direct evidence of possible harm from cellular phones," he told ABC's correspondent, who cast Carlo as an ultraethical scientist breaking ranks with his bosses because they wouldn't let him tell the truth...
Meanwhile, if you're uneasy about using your cellular phone even in the absence of firm evidence that it's dangerous, here are some precautions: keep your conversations short, reserving longer chats for conventional phones; opt for a cell phone that directs the antenna away from the head; reduce cell-phone usage in buildings and cars, since that requires a stronger signal (or if you talk a lot from your car, install a phone with an external antenna); last, try a headset, with the phone strapped to your waist. This keeps the antenna away from your head--and that precious...