Remember back in the late nineties when all sorts of kooks were trying to warn us about the brain-melting dangers of cell phone radiation? Back then we couldn’t find any proof positive of such dangers, so we ignored them and made fun of the crazy people.

If you still use an old feature phone, you’re probably fine. The increasingly ubiquitous smartphone, unfortunately, is the most dangerous type of mobile to use. Every model of iPhone puts out a big ol’ dose of radiation (.52-1.19 W/kg for the 3GS). The Palm Pre and G1 also scored poorly, putting out .92 W/Kg and 1.11 W/Kg, respectively.

EMR from cellular phones—both the radiation from the handsets and from the tower-based antennas carrying the signals—which studies have linked to development of brain tumors, genetic damage, and other exposure-related conditions. Yet the government and a well-funded cell phone industry media machine continue to mislead the unwary public about the dangers of a product used by billions of people.

RADIATION from cell phones is too weak to heat biological tissue or break chemical bonds in cells, but the radio waves they emit may still affect cell behavior.