Technical devices found to contribute to cancer risk

As the article points out, most people would shade their device from the sun to enhance readability. Any reflective surface is going to reflect some ultraviolet which is why people tend to tan more quickly (and more evenly, perhaps) at the beach. The lesson to be learned from this, I think, is that, if you are going out in the sun, be sure to apply a suitable level of sun-cream all over and never stay in the sun for longer than you need to.

Every time that new devices hit the market there are "rumors". I remember in the early fifties when they said that TV could make you blind, then there was the microwave that caused cancer, now the cell phones. As usual items must be used without abusing.

I tend not to use devices outdoors too much. I guess too much of anything can cause cancer.

So many things are Said to cause cancer but this study does not seem correct to me. How many times does a person go out in the sun with their cell, if the sun is shining on your cell you wouldn't be able to see it so you would go inside or shield it from the sun.

They used to say the microwave would cause cancer and now it does not.. I do not think anyone knows for sure.

It is an interesting idea, and one that is different from earlier scare stories of a similar general nature. This is talking about ultra-violet rays from the sun being reflected on to the skin by the device. It is clearly something that needs further investigation, and possibly warnings against using such devices in the open air on sunny days!

It seems quite absurd to warn about the danger of reflected sunshine from mobile phones and tablets while people are spending vast sums of money every year on sun beds and trips to sunny countries in order to lie in the Sun for hours.

Excess of everything is bad, so may be using devices like smart phones excessively could cause skin related diseases (including cancer). To my mind these kind of research are not substantiated by concrete proofs. These are based on research based on small area or group of people.

I think this may be true but maybe not. I think stress can cause diseases more tho.

I don't pay much attention to any of this anymore. Just about everything we do or eat causes cancer according to scientists.

You can lead a perfect life but nevertheless get cancer. You can lead a completely unhealthy life and not get cancer.

Yes, not just a skin cancer nowadays the technology is creating so many problems even those it made us just human beings to super humans it causing us enough damages it will make our brain weaker ,changes are there for a brain may not work properly ,and the radiations are really bad