Are Cell Phones Safe For Your Children?

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http://www.mercola.com/2005/apr/27/cell_phones.htm

 

Are Cell Phones Safe For Your Children?

 

Some scientists are urging parents to reconsider giving their children

mobile phones. In fact, the British-based National Radiological

Protection Board has suggested children younger than age 8 should not

be given a cellular phone as it risks exposing their young bodies to

harmful radiation.

 

According to a University of Washington scientist: 70 percent to 80

percent of the energy emitted from the antenna of a mobile phone is

absorbed in the head. This expert was particularly concerned about

kids using mobiles because their younger skulls -- contrary to popular

opinion -- are thinner and their growing brains may be much more

susceptible to radiation exposure.

 

And because children could potentially use mobiles longer than their

parents, slow-growing brain tumors could show up sooner.

 

Lack of Scientific Evidence

 

It is still unclear how your body responds to cell phone radiation.

The FDA has explained that in regard to the safety and use of cell

phones by children, scientific evidence does not show a danger of

users of wireless communication devices including children.

 

While science may not map out the dangers cell phones pose, a number

of other sources may ...

 

One study suggested that people who use a cell phone for at least 10

years might increase their risk of developing acoustic neuroma -- a

benign tumor on the auditory nerve that carries sound from the ear to

the brain. Despite the lack of solid evidence that cell phones are

dangerous, members of the scientific community explain that mobile

phones simply haven't been in use long enough and that more clinical

data is needed.

 

TechNewsWorld March 22, 2005

 

Washington Times March 24, 2005

 

Dr. Mercola's Comment:

 

Media headlines seem to jump back and forth between reporting on the

dangers of cell phones and then on their safety. In case you have

forgotten about this serious issue, consider re-reading my extensive

review of an article published in Lancet on this very subject five

years ago.

 

Because of these issues, along with other known effects of

electromagnetic fields (EMFs), I used to discourage cell phone use

entirely. Then, with the advent of headsets, my once stringent

recommendations relaxed a little, as headsets do help to decrease your

EMF exposure. However, while using a hands-free device has been found

to reduce radiation from cell phones, emissions can still travel up

the headset wire and into the head.

 

Many of you rely on your cell phone as an essential part of your life

so not using a cell phone is not even a remote possibility. But it

would seem prudent to restrict the use of cell phones in your kids. If

you are unable to do that I can't urge you enough to either use your

cell phone on speakerphone or get a SAFE headset.

 

It is important to know that virtually every headset out there may

actually increase the radiation exposure to your brain by serving as

an antenna. If you or your children use a cell phone it is vital that

you protect them with simple and inexpensive new technology that can

transform your dangerous headset into an oasis safe from dangerous

cell phone radiation.

 

Headsets have two currents, one that intentionally travels inside the

wire and one that unintentionally travels outside the wire. The

current that travels outside of the wire may still cause problems.

This was a concern for me until I discovered a simple and inexpensive

solution: Clipping a tiny ferrite bead onto a hands-free mobile phone

headset can reduce a cell-phone user's exposure to radiation to

virtually nothing.

 

I have been researching this solution for the last two months and am

finally able to offer it to you. I feel so STRONGLY about this that I

bought one of them for my entire staff and family.

 

So please, please please, protect your family from dangerous cell

phone radiation. Either get a cell phone with a speakerphone and use

it, or use one of these safe headsets.

 

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