HOW BIG WIRELESS MADE US THINK THAT CELL PHONES ARE SAFE.

The cover story is provided which discusses the influence that the big companies in the wireless cellphone communication industry had on the perception of the safety of cellphone use in the U.S., including Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) president Tom Wheeler's relations with the U.S. government. Wheeler's hiring of the epidemiologist George Carlo to conduct safety research on cellphones, including Carlo's finding of cancer risks associated with them, is discussed.