Show: You The Owner's Manual w/ Dr. Michael Roizen
Guest(s)
Devra Davis, PhD
Topic
Technology and Your Health
Topic Info
Devra Davis, PhD, founding director of the toxicology and environmental studies board at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and author of Disconnect, tackles the debate over potential health risks of cell phone radiation and reveals some surprising information your cell phone provider might not want you to know.
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Guest Info
Dr. Devra Davis holds a B.S. in physiological psychology and a M.A. in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh, 1967. She completed a Ph.D. in science studies at the University of Chicago as a Danforth Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1972 and a M.P.H. in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University as a Senior National Cancer Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1982. She has also authored more than 190 publications in books and journals ranging from the Lancet and Journal of the American Medical Association to Scientific American and the New York Times and blogs in Freakonomics for the New York Times, Huffington Post and elsewhere. Honored for her research and public policy work by various national and international groups, she has been a Fellow of both the American Colleges of Toxicology and of Epidemiology. She was honored by the Betty Ford Comprehensive Cancer Center and the American Cancer Society with the Breast Cancer Awareness Award, commended by the Director of the National Cancer Institute for Outstanding Service, and appointed a Global Environmental advisor to Newsweek Magazine.
Website
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Book Title
Disconnect: The Truth about Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family
Book Publisher
Dutton
Host
Dr. Mike Roizen
Show Date
2010-11-20
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