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Does more than 2 hours of screen time really harm children's brains?

28 September 2018

A study says that children do better academically if they limit screen time, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is time to ban their phones
No, mobile phones still won’t give you brain cancer

No, mobile phones still won’t give you brain cancer

18 July 2018

We are so glued to our phones that people can't seem to stop worrying that they give you cancer – but if they did, we would have seen a massive increase in tumours

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