No, this isn’t a grisly recipe from The Chatterjis kitchen but about cell phone radiation.
A new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association indicated that keeping your mobile near your head when you sleep could alter brain activity.
While it is still unclear what the long term affects of this alteration is, it has been recommended that we keep our mobiles as far away as possible from any part of our bodies in general. You can read more here for the detail but a summary of the advice in addition to the above is:
Don’t make calls if there is hardly any reception as your phone has to emit more radiation to find a signal – eek!
Don’t make calls from inside nightclubs or other noisy places as you have to press the phone closer to your ear which is bad.
Don’t keep the phone in your pocket but in a bag so it keeps slightly away from you.
Many mobiles emit the most radiation when trying to connect the call so don’t put the phone to your ear until the connection has been made.
Try to use hands-free speaker phone.
Switch mobile off when traveling (car/train) as the phone has to repeatedly emit radiation to pick up signal from different locations.
Don’t let children play with your mobile even to keep them busy on a trip etc. as their developing brains and tissues are considered very vulnerable to cellphone radiation. Apparently health authorities in Britain, France, Germany and Russia have all issued warnings against allowing small children to use mobiles for extended periods, if at all.
I didn’t know about the last point and frequently speak to my nieces and baby nephews through mobiles and let them play with mine – that is going to stop as of now!
The scary thing is that we love mobiles but have no idea what they’re doing to us and we are all a part of a live test group as to the consequences. We’ll keep bringing you mobile news so you know what you need to know!
Bubbly
