Weighing Cancer Risks, From Cellphones to Coffee

There has been a lot of debate over different materials and items that we use daily that can cause risks for cancer. Cancer risks are portrayed differently from the media to research projects, yet most of the chemicals or materials often mentioned cause very little risk due to the minimal exposure we get to them. A recent article written by the Associated Press, posted on npr.com addresses "Weighing Cancer Risks, From Cellphones to Coffee." Here is an excerpt from that article below, a full version of the article can be found by clicking the link below:

Weighing Cancer Risks, From Cellphones to Coffee

You're sitting in a freshly drywalled house, drinking coffee from a plastic foam cup and talking on a cellphone. Which of these is most likely to be a cancer risk?

It might be the sitting, especially if you do that a lot.

Despite all the recent news about possible cancer risks from cellphones, coffee, styrene, and formaldehyde in building materials, most of us probably face little if any danger from these things with ordinary use, health experts say. Inactivity and obesity may pose a greater cancer risk than chemicals for some people.

"We are being bombarded" with messages about the dangers posed by common things in our lives, yet most exposures "are not at a level that are going to cause cancer," said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, the American Cancer Society's deputy chief medical officer.

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