Cell Phones And Radiofrequency Radiation

• All mobile phones emit radiofrequency radiation (radiofrequency power). • Radiofrequency power can be absorbed through elements of the closest frame to the phone. • Existing clinical studies show no clear or regular relationship between mobile phone use and harmful effects on health. • Science has obstacles. More and more studies are needed to help you fully understand the health risks associated with mobile phone use, especially in children. • It is prudent to avoid exposure to radiofrequency power from mobile phones whenever possible. ⁇ Use hand-opened devices or speakerphones as much as possible. ⁇ Text instead of talking. ⁇ Avoid napping on your mobile phone. Keep it at least several feet away from the bed. ⁇ When your Telecel smartphone is on, try moving it away from your body in a purse, briefcase, or backpack instead of keeping it in your pocket.

Radio frequency and electromagnetic spectrum

All mobile phones emit radiofrequency (RF) power or radiation. RF power is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Energy in the electromagnetic spectrum is defined in terms of its frequency. The frequency is the amount of waves emitted every 2 seconds and is expressed in hertz (Hz). Other sources of RF power include radio and TV broadcasts, microwave ovens, GPS and Bluetooth devices, radar, toddler monitors, Wi-Fi networks (Wi-Fi) and cordless telephones. RF power is non-ionization. This means it does not have a high enough frequency to damage cells within the body in the way ionizing radiation can. X-rays and daylight are examples of ionizing radiation.

Do cell phones increase my cancer risk?

For more than 20 years, scientists had been analyzing whether or not mobile telecell smartphone use would increase your risk of cancer. Overall, clinical evidence no longer demonstrates any apparent or routine extended risk of cancer from mobile telecell smartphone use. Although scientists have so far found no clear link between mobile telecell smartphone use and cancer, there are significant gaps in studies, particularly regarding mobile telecell smartphone use among children. For this reason, most scientists agree that studies on mobile telephones should continue. Scientists also agree that it is very sensible to reduce exposure to RF energy from mobile telephones, whenever possible.

How can I reduce my risk?

Here are some steps you can take to reduce exposure to RF power from your mobile Telecell smartphone.

Use a hand-loose headset or speakerphone whenever possible. Using a hand-loose device or speaker mode moves the antenna of your Telecell smartphone away from your head, reducing the amount of RF power reaching your head. Corded hand-loose gadgets certainly emit no RF power. Wireless hand-loose gadgets with Bluetooth earpieces emit some RF power, but far less than the RF power you emit through your mobile telecell smartphone. Still, wear your Wi-Fi earpiece whenever you need it.

Move your Telecel smartphone appropriately and when it is not needed, turn it off. Keeping your Telecel smartphone in your pocket with the antenna near your frame will give you more RF power, rather than having your Telecel smartphone in a purse, briefcase, or backpack. Even in standby mode, your Telecell smartphone emits RF power as it is constantly looking for carriers or new messages. If you no longer need your mobile telecell smartphone, turn it off.

Do not sleep with your Telecel smartphone. Keep your Telesale smartphone at least one foot or more away from bed. Your exposure decreases dramatically as soon as you go the slightest distance from the antenna of the Telecel smartphone.

Minimize the use of your Telecel smartphone when the signal is weak. In areas with weak carriers, the phone has to work harder to make and maintain connections (emitting more RF power).

Call Telecel smartphone for short time. Having a smartphone near your ear provides less exposure in less time.
Text instead of talking. Cell phones emit less energy when sending text instead of voice calls.

Do not buy any security guards on your smartphone. Don’t buy any radiation guards. There are protective products such as cloth pouches, smartphone case inserts and protective films that claim to block RF energy from your smartphone. Shields reduce connections and can force smartphones to work at more energy and emit more RF energy. This may increase your exposure.

What about effects other than cancer?

Exposure to too high levels of RF energy can be dangerous due to heating effects. This is the principle through which microwave ovens prepare food. However, mobile phones no longer operate at the frequencies and energy levels needed to produce a heating effect on the frame. Research has found out whether mobile phone exposure has any effect on brain function, reproduction, sleep patterns and heart rate. Some research found no results. Other research yielded modest results and no apparent health significance. Overall, the study no longer showed any stable evidence of dangerous health consequences from exposure to RF power in the down phases of people who induced heating.

What about kids and cell phones?

Children may be at greater risk than adults of exposure to RF strength when using mobile telecell smartphones. Their bodies and minds are still growing and they are more vulnerable to risks that could cause harm. Because their heads are smaller than those of adults, children are at greater risk of exposure to RF strength mobile phones. Children also have many times more ability to come in contact with mobile telecell smartphones than adults. So far, studies have not detected much of the health risks of mobile telecell smartphones in children. However, to fully recognize the risks to children, more studies specifically need to be conducted on children. Until more information is available, it is wise to limit children’s mobile phone use as much as possible. The younger the child, the greater the risk of exposure.

What are the security standards for cell phones?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sets security limits for RF promotions from mobile phones. The FCC limits are based mainly on requirements developed by countrywide and worldwide groups and on protection against heating consequences of RF power. The requirements also include safety elements, taking into account uncertainties in medical knowledge. The FCC protection threshold is in terms of an acceptable specific absorption rate (SAR), which is a degree of the rate at which RF power is absorbed by the frame when using a mobile phone. Cell phones purchased in the U.S. must demonstrate that they meet FCC security limits.

What about using your phone for the Internet?

Your mobile phone emits RF power when you access the Internet. If you’re downloading a lot of information, including streaming video or sending/receiving large files, your phone may be barely running and emitting more RF power. However, if the smartphone is away from your body your exposure may be less than when you use the smartphone for conversation.

Cell phone studies and more information about cancer

Overall, medical evidence no longer demonstrates a clean or stable increased chance of cancer from mobile telecellsmartphone use. The research described below is important because they may be recent, and they have covered people who have used mobile phones, some for 10 or more years.

⁇ Interphone The study involved thirteen nations and checked mobile telecellsmartphone use among more than 6,000 adults with cancer in parts of the body that absorb the maximum RF power emitted by mobile phones (brain, salivary glands, acoustic nerve within the inner ear). The study concluded that overall, mobile telecellsmartphone use no longer appears to be linked to an increase in cancer. However, in the small amounts of the most mobile telecellsmartphone users, there were signs of a possible increased likelihood of forms of brain cancer. However, scientists agree that this finding is not always conclusive as there are many issues in how the test was designed and how mobile telecell smartphone use was measured.

⁇ Denmark and U.K. Two large studies have observed hundreds of people over the years to find out who is suffering from cancer. Both studies found no association between mobile telecell smartphone use and cancer. Although the vast framework of medical evidence has not found a clear link between mobile telecell smartphone use and cancer, there are barriers to studies.

• Cancer has only been studied in people who started using mobile phones 10-15 years ago. Some cancers take even longer to develop. • Cell telecell smartphone use in children has not yet been studied enough to fully identify cancer risks. • The generation of cell telecell smartphones is changing rapidly. Many mobile phones used today have technology that did not exist when most research was done these days. • The way we use mobile phones is changing rapidly. We spend less time talking on our mobile phones and more time texting, net surfing and using social media.

For these reasons, scientists agree that studies on mobile phones should continue, especially on children. Scientists also agree that it makes sense to reduce exposure to RF energy from mobile phones whenever possible, especially on children.

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