Cell Phone Antenna May
Pose Health Hazards
By Peter
Lenkefi
There is growing consensus
that cell phone antennas may be harmful to humans due to the huge
volume of electromagnetic waves that get concentrated around it during
the receipt and placing of calls. This danger is even further
aggravated by cellular manufacturers who place the internal antennas
close to the earpiece.
Mobile phones are
basically radio sets and therefore emit energy radio signals that can
penetrate the body and cause harm. There have been several commissions
on the study of the effect of mobile phone on the human body and the
most pronounced has been The Stewart Report which suggested that radio
waves indeed penetrate human bodies from mobile phone antennas and
specially recommended that children who obviously have softer skulls be
extra careful and use the device sparingly. The report further went on
to state that the brain cells of children are not as fully developed as
those of adults and can therefore be at greater risk as they absorb the
radiation more than fully hardened adult skulls.
These hazards may exist
but cell phones have become part of everyday living like cars and
cannot be dispensed with. In the light of this fact, doing away with
our phones may not be a practical approach to solving the health
hazards issue. Rather we can adopt some habits to mitigate the effects
of the radiation.
Children should not use
cell phones for long calls. They should sue land lines instead so as to
minimize the length of contact with the radiation emitted by the device.
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