When the news that excessive cellphone use may cause brain cancer spread like wildfire across the globe, the United States public welcomed it without merely a shrug of the shoulder. The announcement, or rather the warning was given by the World Health Organization.

After the warning has been given, many vowed they will buy or use headsets to lessen the impact of radiation. More people, however, think that either the study is too vague or believe that cellphone use is inevitable and they are willing to take that risk.

31-year old New Yorker said that when she read about the warning she thought she could be in a lot of trouble as she has been using mobile phones since for more than seven years. John Gottani, a cellphone store manager, said that in his six years of selling cellphones, he has never heard anyone ask if cellphone use causes cancer. People are more concerned about the features and gadget specifications than whether or not the phone causes cancer.

More than a dozen published studies on cellphones and its relation to cancer were reviews by the International Agency for Research on Cancer before they classified it as “possibly carcinogenic”.  Other things in this category are engine exhaust, coffee, and night-shift work.

42-year old resident of San Francisco, Chuck Luter, said he does not intend to change his cellphone habits to follow the radiation warning. He said that there simply is no alternative to mobile phones and there are a lot of other things that can cause health hazards; he said he can let this one slide.

New York Fashion Night, which will be held at Pure: The Existence, was organized to help a fashion model cope up with her disease—brain cancer.

The local fashion model, Morgan Griffin has hoped all her life to be a runway supermodel. She is stunningly beautiful at twenty-three years old, but her face and her catwalk were put to risk when diagnosed with a brain tumor in December 2010. Though she immediately had surgery to remove it,  the financial implication of the entire treatment course is something to worry about.

It’s an odd twist of events since Morgan had already landed her first magazine cover just before she was diagnosed with a Stage Two Astrocytoma. She had to drop out from college and put her modeling career on hold in order to cope with surgery and side effects of the treatment. To help Morgan, her family and friends put up a huge fashion show for Morgan’s benefit. As Massingill says, “From what I see and what I know, she is really genuine. She has a lot of friends and a lot of support. I don’t think she would have that kind of support if she wasn’t who she was on the inside.”

The fashion show is expected to be gigantic. As photographer Toni Riales who helped plan the show, said “We thought… Let’s just do something.. Let’s throw a party. Since we don’t do anything small, we decided to have a giant fashion show, and have band and a dj and make it a fundraising event for her.”

Though Morgan won’t be able to do the catwalk at the fashion event solely for her, her friends and supporters will surely be there.