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Is it Bad to Sleep Next to a Phone? Depends Whom You Ask.

A case study in risk trade-offs

Liz Baker
Liz Baker
Nov 1 · 8 min read

When I googled the title above, the number one article that came up was titled “Cancer WARNING: Do NOT sleep with this next to your head or in your bed”.

As a trained scientist, I’m the biggest skeptic. My mantra is “show me the data.”

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Liz Baker

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Scientist nerd, and champion of medicine, personal finance, innovation, and working smarter. yourwealthknowledge.com/about-me/

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