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Are Mobiles Safe?
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Experts are
still debating whether mobile phones are safe or not. Research
hasn’t given any certain results, but has
suggested
there is cause for concern.
However,
most experts agree that it is sensible to
limit the
use of mobile phones
by young children.
 Nobody
really knows the answer to this question! There is
no strong scientific evidence
to suggest mobiles are a health risk – although
some studies have raised
concern.
There is no
study into the
long-term
effects
of using mobiles; basically because mobile technology has not
been around long enough. So,
the answer
may change.
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There are
fears that the
radiation
released from mobile phones
may be
harmful
to people’s health. Specifically it has been said it could
affect the body’s cells, brain or immune system and
increase the
risk of developing a range of diseases
from cancer to Alzheimer’s.
Lab tests on
mice have shown phones to have a harmful effect on their overall
health, although it is
unclear
whether this is true to humans.
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What is the
UK government’s view?
In the late
1990s the
UK
government started a major study,
which was published in 2000. The report made the
conclusion
that there was no firm evidence
of health risks associated with mobiles phones but
put out the
warning that is not sensible to allow young children to use them
regularly
and for everybody to use phones as
briefly
as possible.
The
latest review of evidence, carried out by UK government
scientists, suggested that mobile phones
do not harm
health.
However, it has been warned
advice will
change if new evidence is found.
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Reports recommend
that children
should only
use mobile phones in emergencies
and is based on the theory
that children could be more at
risk from radio waves given off by mobile
phones.
This theory
is because their brains are still developing and their skulls
are thinner, making it easier for the radio waves to effect
them.
Also, if
children start using mobiles at a young age they will
use them
more over a lifetime
then adults. This is why young people are advised to only use
them in emergencies. However, a survey carried out on
1,000 British children in 2001, found
90% of
under-16s
own a mobile phone and
one in 10
spends more than 45 minutes a day
using it.
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The mobile phone
industry has spent millions of pounds investigating the safety
of mobiles. The manufacturers
are insistent there is no link between the use of mobile phones
and any ill health in humans.
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·
Keep your
calls short
·
Consider using
hands free
kits.
It is believed they reduce the amount of radiation entering the
brain.
·
Think
about buying a phone with an
external
aerial,
so that is far away from your head as possible.
·
Get a
phone with
long talk
time.
They are believed to be more efficient and give out less
powerful emissions.
·
Phones with a high
“SAR” rating
value,
means it gives out
more
radiation.
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information about
mobile phones and driving
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So remember…
·
There
is no scientific evidence to suggest that mobile phones cause
poor health but
you are advised to
limit how often you use your mobile
·
Mobile phone manufacturers have spent millions on researching
the effects of mobile phones and insist there is no cause for
concern.
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