# Y'all need to update your column on the difference between cell phone radiation and microwave ovens **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [February 28, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-need-to-update-your-column-on-the-difference-between-cell-phone-radiation-and-microwave-ovens/848650 "2020-02-28T14:35:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mwheinz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mwheinz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mwheinz)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-need-to-update-your-column-on-the-difference-between-cell-phone-radiation-and-microwave-ovens/848650/1 "2020-02-28T14:35:42Z")
The column was solid science in 2003 but that was before 5G, 4G, and maybe even 3G? At this point you can find cell phones radiating up in the 6 gHz band. Moreover, there’s an entire “cellphones cause cancer” group that has sprung up and could use a good debunking. (Debunking hasn’t worked for the anti-vaxxers, but we can always hope, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-need-to-update-your-column-on-the-difference-between-cell-phone-radiation-and-microwave-ovens/848650/2 "2020-02-28T15:11:48Z")
'Y’all" includes you since you are a poster here. Update us, please, in detail. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-need-to-update-your-column-on-the-difference-between-cell-phone-radiation-and-microwave-ovens/848650/3 "2020-02-28T15:55:58Z")
Welcome, **mwheinz**. When commenting on a column, it’s customary to include a link so other posters can follow. [How are the microwaves in ovens different from those in cell phones?](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2117/how-are-the-microwaves-in-ovens-different-from-those-in-cell-phones/) I know it’s today’s column, but it won’t be in a few days. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-need-to-update-your-column-on-the-difference-between-cell-phone-radiation-and-microwave-ovens/848650/4 "2020-02-28T21:42:00Z")
**Q.E.D.**'s SDAB columns were sometimes problematical. And given he passed away a long time ago, any updates would require others to jump in and then things dicey given the situation. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-need-to-update-your-column-on-the-difference-between-cell-phone-radiation-and-microwave-ovens/848650/5 "2020-03-01T13:34:59Z")
I believe the methodology preferred on this board would be to provide links to reliable sources reporting at least a statistical correlation between radiation sources and higher rates of cancers over the longest available periods before proposing a cause for that correlation. I imagine Denmark has population wide demographics for the cancer diagnosis and treatment rates, although I don’t know if they track cell phone use and microwave oven use there. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yall-need-to-update-your-column-on-the-difference-between-cell-phone-radiation-and-microwave-ovens/848650/7 "2020-03-03T12:28:33Z")
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