Brain Tumor

There are two new studies that show the relationship between cell phone usage and brain tumors. The studies found a correlation between the use of cell phone and cancer. Frequent use of cell phone increases the risk of a brain tumor by almost two and a half times.

Once you talk on your cell phone, your voice is transmitted from the antenna as radio frequency radiation (RFR) between 800 Mhz to 1,900 Mhz at a range that is right at the center of microwave territory. Microwaves like those emitted by cell phones affect long term memory according to university researcher Henry Lai. Some technology experts are warning that constant use of cell phone can cause premature aging. The low level radiation emitted from cell phones “heats up” body cells causing damage to skin. The exposure of cell phone users to electromagnetic radiation (radio frequency and microwave) is increasing especially with the introduction of new communication devices such as cell phones, pagers and cordless phones.

Children are more affected

Children and young people are now considered as one of the fastest group of cell phone users. This fact can be attributed to the aggressive campaign of some telecommunication companies promoting the use of cell phone by children. Children are more vulnerable to microwave radiation as compared to adults. They absorb 3.3 times of microwaves. The absorption of microwaves is highest in object about the size of a child’s head. This can greatly affect the mode and behavior of child in a class.

Doctors warned about the disturbed brain activity in children could lead to serious psychiatric behavioral problems. Doctors recommend cell phone users to refrain from using the cell phone for non-essential calls. The child’s immune system, whose efficiency is degrading by radiation caused by mobile technology, is less integrous that adult making the child less able t cope with any health effects provoked by chronic radiation exposure.

For the sake of our children’s future, we must take some serious steps to limit the unnecessary use of cell phones.