{"id":14647,"date":"2015-03-18T12:43:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T16:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=14647"},"modified":"2015-03-18T12:43:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T16:43:55","slug":"a-badly-flawed-nyt-story-trumpets-cell-phone-health-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=14647","title":{"rendered":"A Badly Flawed NYT Story Trumpets Cell Phone Health Dangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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https://worklivelaos.com/grad1/ I’m racing to meet a deadline,\u00a0but this story<\/a> in the New York Time<\/em>s is so dismaying I had to take a few minutes to call attention to it. The headline alone is a red flag: “Could Wearable Computers Be as Harmful as Cigarettes?”<\/p>\n

It gets worse:<\/p>\n

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Who is “we”? The reporter, Nick Bilton (who covers technology), goes on to mention numerous\u00a0studies, some which are ambiguous, but one that<\/p>\n

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https://dentalprovidence.com/career/ The thrust of the discussion in the piece gives the\u00a0impression that heavy<\/del>\u00a0frequent cell phone users are at\u00a0risk of developing brain tumors. That would be mistaken, as the National Cancer Institute says<\/a>\u00a0on its website. Another expert source apparently missed by Bilton is\u00a0the Mayo Clinic, which says<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Instead, for a story on the potential health risks of wearable electronic gadgets (such as the new Apple watch), the reporter turns to Joseph Mercola<\/a>, an osteopath who is notorious<\/a> for his many\u00a0unsubstantiated medical\u00a0claims<\/a>, some of which have drawn a warning<\/a> from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The reader is not given this background information on Mercola, who is an integral part of the story after being introduced this way:<\/p>\n

https://www.secpeinvestments.com/cameroon-investment/ Joseph Mercola, a physician who focuses on alternative medicine and has written extensively about the potential harmful effects of cellphones on the human body, said that as long as a wearable does not have a 3G connection built into it, the harmful effects are minimal, if any.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How’s that for unintended irony? And from a dubious source who has no authoritative standing whatsoever to comment on any\u00a0health-related matters.<\/p>\n

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After researching this column, talking to experts and poring over dozens of scientific papers, I have realized the dangers of cellphones when used for extended periods, and as a result I have stopped holding my phone next to my head and instead use a headset during phone calls.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Can somebody at the New York Times<\/em> please give this technology reporter a refresher course on how to sniff out pseudo expert sources, how to assess the merits of a given study, and lastly, how to weigh scientific evidence? There’s already enough problematic journalism<\/a> on medical and health issues. Readers deserve better from an illustrious newspaper.<\/p>\n

https://andiroberts.com/resourcehub/ UPDATE:<\/strong> Some folks have pointed out that the Times<\/em> story appeared in the “Styles” section. My response:<\/p>\n

Where a story gets slotted in a newspaper (or a website) is irrelevant in the digital age. The internet doesn’t care. http:\/\/t.co\/VqPxdSGkYE<\/a><\/p>\n

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UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong>The headline for the online version<\/a>\u00a0of the story now reads: “The Health Concerns in Wearable Tech”<\/p>\n

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