Mobiles phones are not good for health!Where do you them in when you go out?
By easy888
@easy888 (10405)
Australia
May 11, 2007 6:19am CST
I think everyone had heard about the study about using mobile phones. If someone have been using their cellhphones for long time everyday,they may be vulnerable to brain cancers because of the radiation from the cellphones.
I do not always have phone call in a day and i will just put my cellphone in my handbag,I think it should be fine.How about you?
How long will you have phone call in a day?? Where do you put your cellphone? in the pocket?in the bag?
Do you put the cellphone in a leather case to try to reduce the radiation? Do you use the bluetooth/handfree to minimize the radiation from the cellphone into your head?
Do shares your thoughts:)
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77 responses
@mugzy528 (800)
• United States
11 May 07
I'am a Radio Operator so i know all about the Radio Frequency thing and it is not good But alot of People Just Blow it off and think it cant happen to them. I leave my Phone in my Truck when I'am not using it. And half the time I don't use it. LOL
Have a Great day.
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@hunter_zzj2007 (87)
• China
11 May 07
I usually use my cellphone whole day ,my cellphone will never be turned of .although it maybe harmfull for my health,but I have no choice ,because the cellphone is one of the most popular , convenient tools to conmmunicate with other people.
I put my cellphone in my pocket,when i use it ,it must keep 2-3 centimeter from my head ,so the radiation is limited.in additon ,i also use earphone to connect my cellphone ,it can minimize the radiation.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
11 May 07
Many people have used the handfree so as to minimize the absorption of radiation,but i wonder whether it really works as it may not be much difference even you use a handfree,it may be just 50 centimeters away from your head and the radiation can still get through.
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@pramodthakur (2365)
• India
11 May 07
Yes you are right Easy. Mobile phone is as much as useful its side effect is also wide. I avoid use of mobile when I am in office. Most of the time I prefer landline or satelite phones. I keep my mobile in my drawer only when I am in office and at home at mobile stand. I am using leather case and bluetooth to minimise radiation. But we cannot escape from radiation completely.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
11 May 07
Hi, Stranger I thought you had left the seen. I see your still here happy friday!
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@pramodthakur (2365)
• India
11 May 07
No I have not left. How can I leave you type of friends. Happy friday to you.
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@ellie26 (4139)
• Malaysia
11 May 07
I agree with you that it is bad for health. But it seems like we all need handphone nowadays. I use handphone but not that often. The longest I have been on cellphone was 30 minutes. I put my cellphones in my bag and sometimes due to no usage, the batteries just ran out. I dont use bluetooth or handsfree.
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@ritwikghoshal (405)
• India
14 May 07
yes , you are absolutely correct. i used to talk to my girlfriend minimum 2 hours a day(though we meet almost everyday for a long time). thats why i always use handfree.
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
11 May 07
I have heard that. but everybody use them, everywhere you go you see them. I guess people can't do with out them.
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@linda345 (2661)
• Canada
12 May 07
I work for the department in Canada who assigns radio frequencies to various agencies. We do studies to check to see if radiation from cell towers or radio towers, etc will cause trouble to people. In Canada, the requirment that has to be met is called safety code 6 and in other countries it has other names. I feel cellphones are quite safe. There have been so many different studies with opposing results. I have no problem using my cellphone and I carry it in my purse. You are right though, if you are concerned a hands free device will reduce the radiation to the brain which is a very minimal amount. Remember these phones have to met guidelines to be able to be sold.
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@linda345 (2661)
• Canada
13 May 07
That is how I feel. I have no problem using one and I work with the radio frequencies since I was 17 and joined the military and became a radio technican. I then left the military and became an electronic engineering technologist. I have spent the last 9 years with the department I was talking about. So I have been working with radio frequencies for 25 years know.
@tigerdragon (4297)
• Philippines
11 May 07
i am not alarmed because before your brains would turn into barbecue it would take so many calls before you do.and besides , most of the time we use it more for sms rather for calling, thanks for the high rates of cell calls here in the philippines.
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@tigerdragon (4297)
• Philippines
11 May 07
it's still in cents but it's by the minute and a few cents for a few minutes would affect our wallet.we might as well save it for something else.anyway, we are use to sending sms since 1992.
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@crazy1 (479)
• New Zealand
11 May 07
I only make a few brief calls in one day with my phone, the rest of the time I'm out, its either in the car or in my pocket in case family needs ro call me urgently and I'm not home.
As to the radiation, my understanding is that there are vey small amounts given off by the phone, so even prolonged use over may ears may or may not cause any damage to us, in a lot of cases I think we are more likely to die from something else first, like old age.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
11 May 07
I don't know whether they are good or bad only that everyone is using them. It would be quite inconvenient without them but I guess I can leave without. My phone is always in my pocket when I go out. Where else can it be with a guy? Even if a guy brings along a bag, he would be one strange guy if he doesn't have the phone in the pocket.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
11 May 07
What do those weirdos know anyway? 10 years later, they will come out and say they are wrong. Unless you have a problem yourself, I don't think such a thing is gonna matter much. ;P
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@DeaXyza (577)
• United States
11 May 07
cellphones love them , hate them but you always use them! I have one but I use it only for short calls I usually use a wireless headphone. I do not talk much on cell phone at all, I love using my home phone better as it has better reception and more clarity than a cell phone on the move, Also in cell phones one is dictated more by the minutes spent so it is much better to use a landline for all practical purposes.
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@glra2222 (492)
• Australia
11 May 07
i put my phone in my bottom pants pocket next to the knee. That way, i won't get genital defects in future. I have never talked more than 5 min on a phone and usually its no more than 2 minutes.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
15 May 07
I have heard so much about that but I don't think it is that sever at all. The radiation that the phone has isn't that much at all and it isn't harmful to you like some people are exaggerating about it.
@brokentia (10389)
• United States
11 May 07
I have heard about the waves that cell phone use can cause cancer.
Which would make sense. Brain aneurysms are becoming more common. And cancer is on a huge rise.
I carry my phone in my purse. Although, I don't think I have to worry about uterine cancer being caused if I carry it on my hip because my uterus has already been removed.
However, my partner carries his on his hip in a leather carrying case. I have often wondered if he is going to have any type of effect from always carrying it there.
Have you ever set your cell phone by your computer or speakers for your computer?
Every now and then, even though you are not using it and it is just sitting there, the cell phone connects to the carrier and there will be an interference sound come from the speakers or the monitor will get all jumpy. If the cell phone can effect the computers like that...just imagine what it is doing to our bodies when we are on it!
That is why I try to use the speaker when I am on it for long periods of time. I suffer enough migraines already. I don't need the cell phone causing a migraine.
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@brokentia (10389)
• United States
14 May 07
I have tried to get help with my migraines for years. But they kept giving me medication that would not work, make me sick, or make me sleep for hours.
I decided to learn to deal with the pain and take over the counter medicines to take the edge off. It doesn't always help...but I figure it will help until they get to the point that I give up and finally go back to a doctor. ha ha
@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
11 May 07
Oh yeah,when i switch on/off the cell phones near the speakers,i will always hear some noise like'dadada' in few seconds,may be that is the radiation, and it may also interfere our brain as you imagine.
Do you have any medical treatment on your migraine then??
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
18 May 07
well I am not sure the harm in cells phones but mine is in a leather case and I wear it on my side also use er piece when I am driving . I do know they get hot if you talk to long on them but cant figure out where this radation is coming from that they talk about.
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@scorpiostar (971)
• Lithuania
11 May 07
I use mobile phone years. A day I make more than 10 calls. When i go outside, i put phpne in to pocket of my coat when go in summer I put it in to the bag.
negative impact of mobile phones (radiation of electromagnetic - EML -vaves) for health is determined by physicians. I saw in discovery experiment, when researches were making measurements of EML . they noticed, that ususally when dont talk radiation from phone is low, but at the moment when u make a call and receive it - increases 4 times. means main thing u must put phone to ear only after push answer key and don't keep phone near head till are waiting for reply to call .
In general everything, what people use in balanced deal, are not so dangerous as in cases we don't feel limits.
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@sunslinger (474)
• Singapore
11 May 07
I really hope this is not true. I'm an engineer working in the telecoms industry and i deal with base stations that blasts the network coverage over a wide area. I do not feel the effects so much (maybe I have a small brain) but some of my colleagues do complain of getting headaches.
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@sunslinger (474)
• Singapore
11 May 07
We do have a safety procedure and guidelines to follow but other than that, there's nothing else. Other than that, the radio waves' levels are tuned low in our testing labs but I guess it's the constant proximity that causes it to be a health hazard. Well, i do console myself that somebody's gotta do it.
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@youless (112483)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Jun 07
Yes, I heard about this research. I hope it won't have a bad effect for many people. As not everyone will have lots of calls everyday. If you really feel uncomfortable to use the cellphone, you can use the bluetooth and or a wire to speak.
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