Are cell phones and other wireless devices hazardous to your health?  Electromagnetic radiation, or EMR, produced by cell phones is a real concern for many experts studying phone usage.

One particularly alarming study, conducted by the British military, discovered that wireless phone use disrupted the brain’s ability to process memory, causing confusion and short-term memory problems in users.  Other studies have shown that electromagnetic signals from cell phones reduce concentration and affect physical coordination when driving a car.

Even tests conducted by the U. S. Department of energy concluded that cell phone use severely degraded memory and physical reaction times.  And if you’re thinking that hands-free mobile systems are any better, you’d better think again.  Speaker free phones were found to cause more accidents than standard cell phones, presumably because they emit almost 10 times as much interference than a standard handheld phone.

But despite the many studies that have concluded that electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices can be damaging, cell phone carriers and other big players in the industry continue to downplay the existence of EMR radiation.

How much damage is actually being done by cell phone emitted EMR radiation is impossible to say, but some governments around the world aren’t taking any chances.  For example, New Zealand recently passed a law forbidding the construction of cell phone towers anywhere near public schools.  Both Canada and Britain are also considering similar legislation to protect children from potential electromagnetic radiation.

But with cell phone and wireless technology use at a record level, it seems clear that, even if there are health risks involved, we are simply going to have to learn to live with them, as wireless technology is not going away.

Source:  ehso

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