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”