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I read an article that the radiation from cell phones can give a person cancer.

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Question

I read an article that the radiation from cell phones can give a person cancer. Which of the following statements would tend to make you think that this article was pseudoscience? Choose all that are correct 1. The article was published by a company selling radiation-proof cases for cell phones 2. The article used scientific words but they were used incorrectly or inappropriately and many experimental details were omitted 3. The article was the only one advancing this idea 4. The article was one of many published by different non-partisan government agencies and not-for-profit organizations 5. The article used correct, unambiguous scientific terms and described studies in detail that involved control experiments and varying one experimental variable at a time

Explanation / Answer

4.The article was one of many published by different non-partisan government agencies and not-for-profit organizations

5. The article used correct, unambiguous scientific terms and described studies in detail that involved control experiments and varying one experimental variable at a time