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Published online 21 December 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041220-6

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Mobile-phone radiation damages lab DNA

European studies point to cellular harm.

Radiation from mobile or cellular phones harms the DNA in human cells, according to an extensive, pan-European laboratory study.

The research does not provide definitive proof that equivalent radiation harms people who use mobile phones.

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