According to a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report, cell phones are potentially harardous to our health.

Dangerous or not, one thing is certain: Cell phones are here to stay. Below are recommendations to minimize potential risks:

Hazardous to your health?

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As of May 31, 2011 the WHO now lists mobile phone use in the same carcinogenic hazard category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform. Until this report, WHO had assured consumers that no adverse health e ects had been established.
Mobile phones use CONFLICTING RESULTS electromagnetic "In the general population, particularly in the younger population, there is just no radiation in the evidence ... that brain tumours are increasing in a way that would suggest that they microwave range (MICROWAVE). are related to the greater amount of radio-frequency energy in our environment." Professor Bruce Armstrong from the University of Sydney

What it all means

A cell phone's SAR, or its Specic Absorption Rate, is a measure of the amount of radio frequency (RF) energy absorbed by the body when using the handset. All cell phones emit RF energy and the SAR varies by handset model.

Not for children

Keep away

In May 2011, the European Union proposed a ban on cellphones in schools because of "potential e ects on health. " Russia, Great Britain, Australia and Canada also seek to regulate or even prohibit children to use cell phones.

Nobody follows the manufacturers recommendations to keep the phone at least 25 mm from the head during a call. Speaking in a noisy bar is almost impossible without pressing the phone against his head, which could exceed the limits of radiation. The University of California suggests using headphones and keep the camera a few feet away from the head.

DO NOT TALK IN :
Elevators The underground parking The car. Volkswagen Europe has warned that cell phone use inside a car can be "harmful to health from extremely high electromagnetic elds. "
SAR LIMIT PERMITTED IN EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA

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Not in your pocket

The devices should not be kept in a pocket close to the body (use a belt clip). A preliminary study establishes a link between the cell WHAT YOU DON'T phone in the pocket KNOW ABOUT YOUR IPHONE 4 : and fertility problems. "The iPhone could If you must keep the exceed the SAR limit phone in your pocket, if it is positioned put the screen facing within 15 mm from your body. the body (if kept in The radiation comes your pocket). " out the other side.
Sources: The Daily, Cnet, adelaidenow.com.au

If the reception is weak, more waves of radiation are emitted to supply enough energy to keep the signal.

SAR LIMIT ALLOWED IN CANADA AND THE U.S.A.

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Samsung I8000 Omnia II

BlackBerry Storm2 9550

HTC HD2

Apple iPhone 4

HTC Nexus One of Google

HTC Droid Incredible

Motorola Droid

BlackBerry Bold 9700

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