People will spend hundreds of dollars fixing their broken phones or buying cases that protect our phones-- but what about a case for us?
Last Wednesday, the Environmental Health Trust came to our campus to discuss the impacts of cell phone radiation on our bodies and brains. President of EHT, Devra Davis, pleaded that the audience come to City Hall the following day to talk to our District Representatives and explain the importance of having warning labels on the front of our cell phone packaging.
Currently the manufacturers have a page deep within the phone's "Settings" that explains how people should handle their phones.
Quote from iPhone 4 Legal RF Exposure page
To get to this page on your iPhone, you have to go to Settings --> General --> About --> Legal --> RF Exposure. It takes five different pages before a person can actually access the information that tells you that your phone exposes you to radiation. Additionally, it is impossible to actually copy and paste the information from this page.
Many of us feel uncomfortable without our phones-- we release dopamine whenever we receive notifications, and get grumpy or upset when we don't have our phones on us.
But before you stick your phone in your pocket for the next twenty four hours, think about this:
A cellphone is essentially a microwave that you're putting up to your body every time you use it. Cellphones are constantly seeking a signal-- half of the waves that are emitted from the towers to your phone will travel through your body to get to your phone.
The radiation that comes from cell phones was never actually tested before; people are now finding that it damages and unravels DNA with the free radical byproducts. Damaging our DNA also means that the cells that build the DNA will be mutated-- leading to cancer or other problems.
Guys that leave their phones directly against them in their pockets can harm their potential for fertility, and ladies that stick their phones in their bra can cause breast cancer. ALL of us that constantly put phones to our ears multiply our chances of brain cancer by six times.
Don't freak out though! We still can help fight against this by:
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Devra Davis presents ways to help reduce radiation intake
BE SMART WHEN YOU USE YOUR SMART PHONE!
SAR is no longer a good measurement. You dont need to buy a new phone. Other things you can do:
ReplyDeleteUse a landline whenever possible (wired)
Put the phone on airplane mode at night so you still have your alarm and clock. Or switch it off.
Wear a ony bag for the phone so its not in your pocket.
Wired headsets are better than bluetooth
And
Dont let kids keep the phones to their ears.