Pitt's Cancer Institute warns of cell phone risks

Susan Juffe, right, talks with her 10-year-old daughter, Jayne, about cell phone use after a visit to a museum in Pittsburgh's Oakland section on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Juffe had heard that the head of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute is advising faculty and staff to limit cell phone use because of "the growing body of literature linking long-term cell phone use" to cancer and other possible health problems. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) By JENNIFER C. YATES and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press Writers PITTSBURGH (AP) - 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. The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is contrary to... [read full story]