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Health: Cell Phone Use and
Radiation
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Oct 24, 2011
Who among us doesn't rely on our cell phones every day? They
sure make life more convenient. I was charging mine and
almost forgot it today as I was running out of the house and
the thought occurred to me, how did we live without these
things?! Many people even forego a land line and for some, a
cell phone is vital for doing business. But how much
radiation are we really being exposed to? A report released
from the Environmental Health Trust [EHT] earlier this week
says that governmental testing of cell phone radiation is
highly inaccurate. "Unsurprising, biased and misleading," is
what EHT President, cancer epidemiologist, Devra Davis, PhD,
MPHT says about a recent Danish study that underplayed the
cancer risk from cell phone use.
The tests conducted by the Federal Communication Commission
[FCC] are based on old science, old cell phone models and
they do not take into consideration the increase of current
cell phone use. Their tests are done on mannequins emulating
a 220 pound man who is 6'2" tall, this does not represent
most of the population.
Children absorb radiation at a far higher rate than adults.
Radiation goes 150% deeper into the head of a 10 year old
child than it does an adult's head; radiation goes even
deeper into that of a 5 year old. One study shows that the
bone marrow of a child absorbs 10 times the amount of
radiation as an adult. The radiation "limits" allowed by
governmental studies pertain to adult men not children. It's
cause for concern, particularly for kids who have their own
cell phone or for kids who frequently use their parent's
cell phones for games and web surfing. EHT points out that
some countries ban children from using cell phones because
of the health risk.
Scientists at the World Health Organization [WHO] believe
that cell phones are carcinogenic. ABC News reported that
WHO conducted a world wide study revealing that 30 minutes a
day of cell phone use for 10 years increased the risk of a
rare brain tumor by 40%.
According to the Research Center for Wireless Technology,
when you use a cell phone in the car, the reflective
properties of the car's metal chassis and frame increases
the radiation exposure exponentially to everyone in the car,
not just the person using the phone. This also occurs inside
buses, motor homes and elevators.
There is no scientific evidence proving that cell phones are
safe and clearly more and more studies are showing evidence
to the contrary. The FDA claims there is no data to support
the theory that cell phones cause cancer but they also say
that current research does not lead to the conclusion that
they are absolutely safe either. The health risks that cell
phones potentially cause is an ongoing concern, one that
needs more research.
In the mean time, it's not a bad idea to limit exposure to
cell phone radiation: use the speaker phone when possible,
only make calls when necessary and keep them short, turn the
phone off if it's in your pocket, wear an air tube headset
(avoid wireless headsets, they intensify radiation to the
ear canal) and allow children to use a cell phone only for
emergencies. There was a time when cigarettes were believed
to be harmless. Considering what we now know about
cigarettes it's shocking to think that women actually used
to smoke while they were pregnant. It will be interesting to
see what we learn about cell phone use in the coming years.
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