If only I got a dollar for every brain cancer scam on the Internet

Surviving
Written By Liz Salmi
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A co-worker sent an email (to all 250+ of us) saying he'd just read an article that linked cell phone usage to brain tumors.

OK. That's a fair warning.

Then he included a link to a website where we could purchase a holographic STICKER to put inside our phones that would supposedly protect us from the radiation.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Did I mention the website looks to be the lead-in for a pyramid scheme or other scan? Yeah.

If he was really concerned about the health and safety of his co-workers he could have said he'd read an article about this thing called cigarettes and that they've been proven to cause lung cancer.

Liz Salmi

Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.

https://thelizarmy.com
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