• cooking our food with microwaves rather than with traditional heat/fire
• incorporating chemicals into literally every thing we eat and wear
• allowing the substitution of synthetic products for natural products on a mind-boggling scale
• allowing our food to come from fewer and fewer sources all in the name of saving some money
• making cell phones and other wireless objects ubiquitous

I know, I'm a fringe nut-case.  Be that as it may, I'm more and more convinced that in our pursuit of convenience and time-savings we are trading away our health and lives in unforeseen ways.  

Thus I'm inclined to agree with the overall tone of this interview with the author of a new book on the dangers of cell phone usage.  Yes, I own a cell phone.  No, I generally don't keep it on my person and my usage per day is a few minutes at best.  Yet I still worry.  No, the research isn't conclusive but as the author points out, this isn't necessarily surprising.  It seems reasonable that the possible negative effects of cell phone radiation will take time to manifest themselves.  In part because we may not know what we're looking for, and then in part because it will take time to definitively link the effects to a particular cause.  In the meantime, that doesn't mean that there isn't a very real cause and effect going on.

Our kids are too young for cell phones, and I'm going to delay getting them phones as long as I possibly can.  Hopefully someday they'll thank me.  And hopefully I'll be around to say you're welcome.