The effect of mobile
phone radiation on human health is a subject of interest and study
worldwide, as a result of the enormous increase in mobile phone
usage throughout the world. As of 2016, there were 7.4 billion subscriptions
worldwide, though the actual number of users is lower as many users own
multiple mobile phones. Mobile phones use electromagnetic radiation in the microwave
range (450–2100 MHz). Other digital wireless systems,
such as data communication networks, produce similar radiation. Mobile phone
use does not increase the risk of getting brain cancer or other head tumors
Effects
Blood–brain barrier
Evidence does
not support the hypothesis that mobile phone radiation has an effect on the
permeability of the blood-brain barrier.
Cancer
Mobile phone
use does not increase the risk of getting brain cancer or other head tumors. As
the United States National Cancer Institute explains: Radiofrequency energy,
unlike ionizing radiation, does not cause DNA damage that can lead to cancer.
Its only consistently observed biological effect in humans is tissue heating.
In animal studies, it has not been found to cause cancer or to enhance the
cancer-causing effects of known chemical carcinogens .
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
Some users of
mobile phones and similar devices have reported feeling various non-specific symptoms
during and after use. Studies have failed to link any of these symptoms to
electromagnetic exposure. (In addition, EHS is not a recognised medical
diagnosis.)
Tips for Cell Phone Safety
So
please, be aware that there is already robust scientific evidence that cell
phones and other wireless devices pose significant health risks to all of
us—especially to children and pregnant women. So while such findings are not
being widely publicized as of yet, it makes sense to take action now to protect
yourself and your children. You can help to minimize your exposure to
electromagnetic radiation from cell phones and other wireless devices by
heeding the following advice:
- Children Should Always Avoid Using Cell Phones: Barring a life-threatening emergency, children should not use a cell phone, or a wireless device of any type.
- Reduce Your Cell Phone Use: Turn your cell phone off more often. Reserve it for emergencies or important matters. As long as your cell phone is on, it emits radiation intermittently, even when you are not actually making a call. If you're pregnant, avoiding or reducing your cell phone use may be especially important.
- Use a Land Line at Home and at Work: Although more and more people are switching to using cell phones as their exclusive phone contact, it is a dangerous trend and you can choose to opt out of the madness. SKYPE offers a portable number via your computer that can plug into any Ethernet port while traveling.
- Reduce or Eliminate Your Use of Other Wireless Devices: You would be wise to cut down your use of these devices. Just as with cell phones, it is important to ask yourself whether or not you really need to use them as often as you do. And most importantly, do not even consider having any electronic or wireless devices in the bedroom that will interfere with the quality of your sleep.
If
you must use a portable home phone, use the older kind that operates at 900
MHz. They are not safer during calls, but at least many of them do not
broadcast constantly even when no call is being made. Note the only way to
truly be sure if there is an exposure from your cordless phone is to measure
with an electrosmog meter, and it must be one that goes up to the frequency of
your portable phone (so old meters won't help much). As many portable phones
are 5.8 Gigahertz, we recommend you look for RF meters that go up to 8
Gigahertz, the highest range now available in a meter suitable for consumers.
Alternatively
you can be very careful with the base station placement as that causes the bulk
of the problem since it transmits signals 24/7, even when you aren't talking.
So if you can keep the base station at least three rooms away from where you
spend most of your time, and especially your bedroom, they may not be as
damaging to your health. Another option is to just simply turn the portable
phone off, only using it when you specifically need the convenience of moving
about while on a call.
Ideally
it would be helpful to turn off your base station every night before you go to
bed.
You
can find RF meters as well as remediation supplies at www.emfsafetystore.com. But you can
pretty much be sure your portable phone is a problem if the technology is DECT,
or digitally enhanced cordless technology.
- Use Your Cell Phone Only Where Reception is Good: The weaker the reception, the more power your phone must use to transmit, and the more power it uses, the more radiation it emits, and the deeper the dangerous radio waves penetrate into your body. Ideally, you should only use your phone with full bars and good reception.
- Avoid Carrying Your Phone on Your Body as that merely maximizes any potential exposure. Ideally put it in your purse or carrying bag. Placing a cell phone in a shirt pocket over the heart is asking for trouble, as is placing it in a man's pocket if he seeks to preserve his fertility.
- Don't Assume One Cell Phone is Safer than Another: There's no such thing as a "safe" cell phone. This is particularly true for industry promoted SAR ratings, which are virtually useless in measuring the true potential biological danger as most all of the damage is not done by heat transfer, which SAR measures.
- Keep Your Cell Phone Away From Your Body When it is On: The most dangerous place to be, in terms of radiation exposure, is within about six inches of the emitting antenna. You do not want any part of your body within that area.
- Respect Others Who are More Sensitive: Some people who have become sensitive can feel the effects of others' cell phones in the same room, even when it is on but not being used. If you are in a meeting, on public transportation, in a courtroom or other public places, such as a doctor's office, keep your cell phone turned off out of consideration for the 'second hand radiation' effects. Children are also more vulnerable, so please avoid using your cell phone near children.
If
you are using the Pong case, which redirects the cell phone radiation away from
the head and successfully lowers the SAR effect, realize that in redirecting
the radiation away from your head this may be intensifying the radiation in
another direction, perhaps toward the person next to you, or, if in your
pocket, increasing radiation intensity toward your body. Caution is always
advised in dealing with any radiation-emitting device. We recommend cell phones
be kept 'Off' except for emergencies.
- Use Safer Headset Technology: Wired headsets will certainly allow you to keep the cell phone farther away from your body. However, if a wired headset is not well-shielded -- and most of them are not -- the wire itself acts as an antenna attracting ambient radio waves and transmitting radiation directly to your brain.
Make
sure that the wire used to transmit the signal to your ear is shielded.
The
best kind of headset to use is a combination shielded wire and air-tube
headset. These operate like a stethoscope, transmitting the information to your
head as an actual sound wave; although there are wires that still must be
shielded, there is no wire that goes all the way up to your head.
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