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Prof. James Giordano, PhD, Vice President for Academic Programs and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, is a neuroscientist and neuroethicist. He says a World Health Organization panel's findings that cell phone use may be associated with a higher risk of brain cancer certainly merit attention, although more research is needed to determine the reasons for this correlation. He also says that certain groups of cell phone users, such as children, may be more vulnerable to any possible health hazards than are other users. Click below to watch Prof. Giordano's video comments on cell phone risks.
Prof. James Giordano, PhD, is a neuroscientist, Vice President for Academic Programs and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. In comments to NBC News that aired on NBC television stations nationwide, he reacted to the report by a WHO panel on a possible link between cell phones and brain cancer. Prof. Giordano says the biggest concern might be cell phone use by children. Click here to watch the report on NBC affiliate KTAL.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Chairman and CEO Michael Swetnam is an intelligence and national security expert who currently serves as an advisor to the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. In an interview with Stars and Stripes, he commented on the Pentagon's development of a so-called "equivalence" doctrine with regard to cyber attacks, which would mean that the US reserves the right to retaliate with conventional weapons in the event of a cyber attack. Click here to read the article in full.
Prof. James Giordano, PhD, is a neuroscientist, Vice President for Academic Programs and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. In an interview with Washington, DC's FOX-5 news, he addressed an announcement by an international panel of experts that cell phones may indeed pose a brain cancer risk. Prof. Giordano says the latest findings by the panel, which is associated with the World Health Organization, mean that we can't rule out cell phones as a possible health hazard. Click here to access the FOX-5 website and watch the interview in full.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow David Kay, PhD, is an expert on counterterrorism and weapons proliferation issues, and a former chief weapons inspector in Iraq. Dr. Kay's conclusion that Saddam Hussein's Iraq did not harbor stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction put him at the center of a firestorm of controversy back in 2004. In a recent interview with NPR, he reflected on those findings and on lessons learned in the years since. Click here to read and listen to the interview in full.