Health Hazards of Mobile Phones
December 8, 2009
Mobile phones pose a lot of risks. The health hazards of mobile phones are often underestimated. People are always not sure about the health hazards of overly using mobile phones.
The main problem in mobile phones is the radiation. Throughout the world wireless communication is increasing manifold. The electromagnetic radiation in mobile phones is believed to harmful to human beings by researchers.
The world health organization has urged mobile phone companies to advance into research that explores ways to reduce electromagnetic radiation in mobile phones. There has also been various national governmental organizations expounding the virtues of regularization of mobile phone technology to make it more health-friendly.
So what are the risks involved?
- Extensive mobile phone usage causes the head to absorb radiation. Although cancerous formation has been observed, these are not conclusive. What is conclusive though, is the radiations cause the heart to perform irregularly. Radiation makes the heart go zigzag and start to show inconsistent heart rates and beats. It also creates an obstruction in the pulse system in your body.
- Now coming back to how mobile phone radiation affects the brain, it has been found out that the cells in the brain get a certain pressure index when in proximity to radiation induced by a mobile phone. Therefore, these cells stop working like before, or in other words they start to stop sending information amongst them and across them like they used to do. This leads to distorted thinking patterns. It can also cause some nerve damage as well. It is also well known that mobile phone usage can play a huge criminally contributing factor to those unscrupulous migraines that incapacitate thousands of people.
- Pregnant women can do serious damage to the babies in their wombs if they constantly yak on the mobile phone. The babies might be born with abnormalities.
Safety measures
- Try not to speak by keeping the mobile phone to your ears. Try to speak through a handset or use the loudspeakers. If you are doing meetings, use a poly-communication system, that lets you do audio conferencing without the need to keep the phone to your ears.
- Never talk on the phone while driving your car or bike
- Avoid keeping the mobile in vibration mode, and placing it in the shirt pockets. Keep it in your trouser pockets instead.
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