Now, who am I to stir you up? Is it my job to give you more chattering thoughts? Well, I felt I needed to alert you to a new cell phone/brain tumor study. It’s not definitive. But it’s not good news. The study’s lead researcher said that people who spend 2,000-plus hours on their phone increase their risk of malignant brain tumor by 240 percent. Hands-free devices cut the risk, he told Reuters.

I pass this on because I know in my heart (and my more energetically-sensitive friends agree!) that it can’t be good to let a cell phone become your primary connection to the outside world without a hands-free ear piece.

To see how your particular phone fares in terms of RF (radiofrequency) emission, check out these helpful CNET lists.