The Pros And Cons Of Cell Phone Radiation

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It lies on your bedside table all night and is the first thing you reach for after waking up in the morning. Apart from being a portable communication device, it is your MP3 player, camera, calculator, stop watch, alarm clock; in fact this device has every thing you need encased in its tiny body. Cell phones may have eased our lives considerably but like every modern invention, they come with their own pros and cons.
In March 2009, a research article was published in the journal Pathophysiology based on the reports of scientists from six different countries who had examined the consequences of cell phone radiation exposure on the human body. It was concluded from findings of the report that our safety measures are inadequate and that we must
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Doctors have claimed that people are more prone to develop brain tumors on those sides of the head which are around the ear used for cell phone communication.

The sad fact is that the world is divided over the issue. In response to the Pathophysiology report, Health Canada asserted that no substantial amount of evidence exists to support the scientists’ claims. And even renowned organizations like the W.H.O do not count cell phone radiation as a major health risk with the view that EMF radiation of such small amount poses no harm to the living cells.
From the scientific point of view, ample evidence still does not exist to completely prove that it is indeed the radiation from cell phones that is the cause of increase in cancer. It may be hard to believe that the reason for insufficiency in the number of studies related to this very important area may have a more sinister cause than lack of evidence or data. There have been incidents where researchers and scientists have been pressurized into not revealing the results if the connection between cell phone radiation and tumors came out to be
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Robert Santini, a researcher in the field of bioelectromagnetics was forbidden by his director to ever talk about “cellular phone and base station bioeffects” in front of the media. Dr Lebrecht von Klitzing of Medical University of Lubeck chose to resign from the university when he was forbidden to do any more research on the medical effects of cell phones. Dr Gerald Hyland from the University of Warwick took early retirement in March 2003, following high-level pressures against his research into the biocompatibility of magnetic fields with human organism.
The question arises: Is the truth deliberately being kept away from the public in order to protect the booming cellular industry? As long as no substantial amount of evidence comes our way, we can never be completely sure. In the meantime, it is important to follow these tips and stay on the safe side:
1. First of all choose a mobile set with the lowest SAR rating possible (SAR= Specific Absorption Rate is a measure of the strength of the magnetic field absorbed by the body). Search for "SAR ratings of your-specific- cell phone" on the internet to find the rating of the particular set you intend to

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