Post by SwimFellow on May 31, 2011 15:51:09 GMT -5
Anyway.. The World Health Organization says that cell phones are potentially carcinogenic, and they've said that it's a possible contender for brain cancer, and possibly a contender for others, but they aren't sure.
What do we need to worry about?
I have a list about just THAT, and I don't know that much, so if you know more, feel free to add to it.
DON'T: Press your phone against your head.
DO: Get a bluetooth, or even better, plug headphones in that have a microphone in them, and talk that way.
DON'T(maybe): Put the phone in your pocket 24/7. (I can see why this one'll be tricky)
DO: Put it on a desk instead (if one is available.)
DON'T: Call people that much.
DO: Text people. (Unless you're in a car. If so, why the hell are you using your cell phone in the car?
Why you shouldn't put it in your pocket: Several sensitive body parts down there.. Just sayin..
#Protips:
There is so much radiation in the air, that putting a phone up to your head won't do anything.
If the opposite is true, BREAK OUT THE TINFOIL HATS!
- Quinn
Reasons a cell phone could cause cancer:
Cell phones work by sending and receiving radio waves. When you call someone your phone transmits radio waves to a tower which redirects them in the appropriate direction to be received by the person you're calling (if you're calling a land-line it routes your radio waves into the telephone lines).
3G and Internet is another form of radio waves. These waves are much more present when not calling or using the phone, as your phone receives and sends data more often when using these functions. Wifi is another type still, but these radio waves are much weaker and are of no threat to you from your phone - as they are present in many more places.
Radio waves are a type of radiation, one of the weakest types of radiation, even weaker than that of the sun through the ozone layer. But, any amount of radiation can cause cell degeneration and cell mutation.
- Ryan
I'm not sure whether this is the radiation from it applies for when it's in a call, or just sitting there, or whether wifi being on affects it.. It was an incredibly non-specific report..
Why the report was so vague:
Cell phones don't produce or receive enough radiation from radio waves to construct an experiment that could link the two. Cancer is a theoretical possibility, but one that can never (with modern technology) be directly linked to cancer.
- Ryan
Anyway.. Let's get real..