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Good point. However, the balance of the text is more alarmist than rational.

I suspect that the target market is unlikely to read the text closely enough to distinguish, for example, between correlation and causation ( http://www.bellyarmor.com/radiation/health-risks/autism - note the graph correlating cellphone subscribers and autism case).

And while I might want to credit them with presenting technical information and research, this is more likely intended to obsfuscate and alarm with scientific/statistical terms than to clarify...

Let's see; http://www.bellyarmor.com/faqs

"How do Belly Armor products work?

Without getting too deep into the details, RadiaShield® fabric shields against everyday radiation by neutralizing incoming electromagnetic waves - similar to how noise canceling headphones work with sound waves or how a grounding wire neutralizes an electric current."

No, noise cancelling is active - Belly Armor doesn't emit opposite phase radiation to cancel the radiation. No, a grounding wire grounds an electric current to the ground - Belly Armor isn't grounded.

However, if at some point in the future, significant correlations are proved, I'll eat my cynicism and hat.

I would only eat my hat, if they proved causation.

Ooof... that's what I meant!

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