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Radiation from gaming PCs causes cancer in the people who use them.
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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that radiation from gaming PCs causes cancer in the people who use them?
Partly. One source reports that low-dose ionizing radiation raises cancer risk with no safe threshold, while another finds no statistically significant link between digital screen use and breast cancer. Neither addresses radiation from gaming PCs specifically, so the evidence only partially bears on the claim.
Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 1 against · Last checked
Evidence for · 1
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Does low-dose radiation from X-rays or CT scans cause cancer?. (2016). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/31874/does-low-dose-radiation-from-x-rays-or-ct-scans-cause-cancer
Evidence against · 1
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Digital Screen Time and the Risk of Female Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2310-1678
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