Is CELLPHONE and Wi-Fi RADIATION affecting our lives?

Back in 1996, the Federal Communications Commission- FCC set a legal maximum on cellphone radiation.  Twenty years later, cellphones have revolutionized how we communicate and the technology has evolved dramatically. Today’s smartphones vibrate, sing, show HD movies, make photos and videos, check email and navigate with global positioning systems.

Yet those 20-year-old FCC rules still stand. Are they protecting the public from radiation coming out of cellphones and the networks that enable them? We doubt it.

Scientific studies by numerous research teams in several nations have raised troubling questions about possible associations between heavy cellphone use and serious health dangers. The World Health Organization has declared that cellphone radiation may be linked to brain cancer. Many fertility studies connect cellphone radiation to diminished sperm count and sperm damage. Others raise health concerns such as altered brain metabolism, sleep disturbances, and behavioral changes in children.

These studies are not definitive, and much more research is needed. But they raise serious questions that cast doubt on the adequacy of the FCC rules to safeguard public health. The FCC rules does not account for risks to children’s developing brains and considers only short-term cellphone use, not frequent calling patterns over decades.

In the meantime, here are 6 things you can do to protect yourself from this kind of radiation:

1. Use a headset or a speaker.

Choose either wired or wireless. If you go wireless, make sure to take your headset out of your ear when you’re not on a call. Use your phone in speaker mode.

2. When in use, hold phone away from your body.

Why? The amount of radiation absorbed by your head and body decreases dramatically with even a small distance. Don’t put the phone in your pocket or clip it to your belt, even when using your headset.

3. Text more, talk less.

Phones emit less radiation when sending text rather than voice communications.

4. Call when the signal is strong.

Fewer signal bars mean the phone must try harder to broadcast its signal. Research shows that radiation exposure increases dramatically when cell phone signals are weak.

5. Don’t store your phone in your pocket or on your night stand.

When a phone is on and not in use, it still sends out an intermittent signal to connect with nearby cell phone towers, which means radiation exposure is still happening.

6. Turn off your home router when not in use

You will reduce radiation in a simple way, sleep better and maybe even reduce your monthly internet bill.

7. Put your phone in “airplane mode” when you sleep.

This will reduce the amount of radiation that you get during the night.

Based on mind body green “Cellphone radiation is real”