How Mobile Phones Are Dangerous to Health
With practically everyone owning a mobile phone and spending a considerable amount of time on them each day, it is wise to ask the question: Are mobile phones dangerous to one’s health? While there are no conclusive answers at the moment, there are conflicting studies. Some show that mobile phones are safe and others show that mobile phones may pose a health risk.
Mobile phones may be considered potentially dangerous in a few ways. First, they send and receive high frequency radio waves. Second, these devices have batteries in them that may be unstable in extreme heat or in certain circumstances where a battery or other part is defective. It should be noted that these occurrences are extremely rare.
The jury is still out on whether or not mobile phones are actually dangerous to people’s health. While the short term risks are extremely low or non existent, the fact that millions have used mobile phones in the last decade have caused moderate length and long term risks to remain unproven. Here are some arguments for and against mobile phone safety according to facts that the BBC printed in November 2004.
Arguments Supporting the Belief that Mobile Phones are Dangerous
There are a few arguments that support the theory that mobile phones are dangerous to the user’s health:
- While the evidence is still not clear, it is possible that using a mobile phone on a regular basis can increase the susceptibility to brain tumors or brain cancer by 2.5 times.
- Mobile phones use magnetic fields to operate. Studies based on research in the past have shown that in certain circumstances, magnetic fields can affect living cells.
- Those that spend long periods of time talking on a mobile phone have mentioned fatigue, a loss of concentration, and sometimes headaches.
- It is possible that radio waves that mobile phones give off can heat up and damage tissue.
Arguments Supporting the Belief that Mobile Phones are Safe
- Radio waves emitted when a mobile phone is used are not hot enough to affect or damage near by tissue.
- Regarding brain tumor incidence, researchers admit that the evidence still is not clear as to whether tumors or cancer are directly related to mobile phone use.
- Factors regarding loss of concentration, fatigue, or headaches are likely false since they cannot be replicated in the laboratory.
- Magnetic fields that a mobile phone emits are extremely small and not likely to affect living cells in harmful ways.
Some Tips on Mobile Phone Safety
Obviously, the jury is still out on whether or not mobile phones are dangerous to health. If someone feels threatened by the potential health aspects of using a mobile phone, the easiest way to avoid this threat is to simply not use these phones. While extremely convenient, our society lived comfortably without mobiles in the past. If someone would like to have the convenience of a mobile phone, but also wants to lessen their risk, there are a few simple things he/she can do.
- Use a headset to keep the mobile phone away from the head
- Only talk for short periods of time on a mobile phone. Use a land line for longer conversations
If there are still questions, please consult a doctor regarding this issue.
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mobile phone is not dangerouse. only gay people think that mobile phone is dangerouse.
of coarse it is. because the light emitted by these mobiles affect the eyes and brain. it causes stress,headache. and there are chances of abnormality in children who look at them very carefully at a small age .
not dangerous……look at the wave spectrum of light and come back to me….radio waves dont emit any form of dangerous radiation
thats rude!! it is barbaric and scurrilous to say that one could only possibly believe that a phone is unsafe if one was gay. I would like to say that me and my gay partner do not believe in such vulgar filth of a theory. So there!
Why would only gay people think so?
Seriously, almost everything could be somewhat dangerous in the right circumstances, and I don’t think mobile phones are any more dangerous than say, forks.
The article doesn’t say the phones are dangerous or not, just posing the arguments for both and giving you some tips.
Cheers
I don’t think mobile phones are dangerious and but standing in front of a microwave oven is not so safe and i don’t stand in front of a microwave oven. I live about 5 km from the tv and fm radio transmitter towers the vhf tv transmitters power out put is 50 kw and uhf is 250 kw and that is digital and analogue fm radio about 15 to 35 kw digital radio is 35 kw and next to the towers are picnic areas and tv studios under them and when i drive up the mountain i get very saw eyes every time i have driven up past them and if i hear on tv how dangerious cell phones are send a sientest up to a tv tower sit under them for 12 hours a day and lets see what they say and near my house there are five towers on the same mountain with in about 1 km from each other and there are some across the road from each tower and with a cell phone the power very’s depending how far from the cell phone tower that you are using the phone
i am one of the mostly used user and it is important that i should know the side effect of using mobile. i heard people saying what not things but i turned deaf ear to them. so it is important and necessary for me to have enough facts and council ling for improvement. so i will be grateful if given a chance.
It isn’t radiowaves that are transmitted from mobile phones, it is microwaves, idiot.
so r mobile phones really hat bad or can i give my 13 yr old child one
I would not worry about health dangers from mobile phones. I am currently carrying one and it does not worry me.
YES! they are fine!:L
never give him one they can cause dangerous effect, i got a phone and my ear blew off. i am earless. R.I.P ear (L)
i think that phones are not harmful but somethings they can cause damage to the brain by radiation waves
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I think mobile phones are not dangerous as they are good for so manythings. My dad lives in australia and i call him to talk its not dangerous to me!xx
yes,who is it by?:L
why are they so dangerous? everyone uses them and they all seem to be fine?:/
if people spend less timne on them,everything would be ok. but i still dont see wyhy they are so harmful?:$xx.
i agree!:d
mobile phones seem to be fine,i mean come o0n everyone uses thema nd t5hey see to be fine,its not as if people die or anything?:/
I agree i use minee all the time and i never get hurt by them. I carry one with me all the time. I am not going to die suddenly!!!!xxx
they are dangerous because the electromagnetic waves can damage ur brain(alzhiemers e.t.c)
heeeeeeeeeeeey i love useing my mobile phone i couldn’t live without it!!!!!!! I dont use it for anything i shouldn’t…………………………….. I meet my boyfriend over it and he is really kind. LOVE YOU SO MUCH. See it aint so bad you can meet nice people!!!!!!!xxxxxxxxx
I blame myself 4 the danger of mobiles, I am the Sun and I heat them up, sauccyyy
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Yes, I think mobile usng dangerous. I am getting headache and as well ear ache while using mobile. If i don’t use mobile then i am not getting headache.
I dont think it can be dangerous but when you ues your mobile phone to much then it can be dangerous.