Forty-five years ago President Richard Nixon declared that “the time has come in America when the same kind of concentrated effort that split the atom and took man to the moon should be turned toward conquering cancer.”
Dr. Davis’ published articles
WalletHub: Should Kids Have Cell Phones? Experts Pick Sides
Becoming too connected used to be an issue kids had with stuffed animals and pacifiers. Now it’s a matter of smart phones and tablets. And whether this is a positive development remains to be seen.
Make American Great—Clean up Our Cities
While speaking to a crowd in Canton, Ohio, earlier in the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump said, “It used to be cars were made in Flint, and you couldn’t drink the water in Mexico. Now, the cars are made in Mexico, and you can’t drink the water in Flint!”
Healthy Living Magazine: How Cell Phones Affect A Child’s Brain
The bone marrow of a child’s head absorbs 10 times more radiation than that of an adult Here, you have a frying pan. You know it gets hot. So you just don’t tell the kid to flip the pancakes for you. You take precautions. You explain things, so kids don't burn their...
Bottom Line Inc: Can Your Cell Phone Cause Cancer?
The Answer Just Changed from “Possibly” to “Probably” You may have heard that cell phones have been linked to cancer but wondered if that could really be true. A new study offers strong evidence that this is the case—cell phones and other wireless devices emit a type...
Oxford Press: Lead poisoning of Flint, Michigan—penny wise, pound foolish, and criminal by EHT’s Dr. Davis and Dr. Morris
The tragedy of children poisoned by lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan is not an isolated incident. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 12 of the 27 states that carried out any lead testing in 2014 had higher rates of lead poisoning...
Goop: Devra Davis on WiFi in Schools and Limiting Its Risks: A Q&A with Devra Davis
Cell phones and other wireless devices like Wi-Fi routers are two-way microwave radios that operate in the same frequency range as microwave ovens, but at a much lower power. All wireless signals—whether from cell phones, tablets, computers, or wireless routers—are...
The Expert Beacon: Protect children in the digital age by reducing wireless radiation
In these days of digitalization of the world from smart-toothbrushes to baby monitors, few are asking about the long term impact on the developing brain and body from growing up in a sea of radiofrequency radiation that did not exist even four years ago. While...
Green Gazette: HEALTH ISSUES | Save the Girls. Make the Bra a No-Phone Zone
A large number of young women carry their cellphones in the bra unaware that they are exposing themselves directly to microwave radiation. That is not a good idea. In fact, the phones come with specific warnings from manufacturers not to do so.
Huffington Post: Cancer a Roll of the Dice? WHO Says Not!
The new year began with comforting reports assuring us that cancer is due to bad luck. Johns Hopkins researchers concluded that up to two out of every three cancers could be tied chiefly to how many stem cells divide within an organ. They advise expanding screening...
