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Posted By Dee Stofko on March 30, 2010
Some of you may have seen the “Popcorn” YouTube video which shows teens popping popcorn by pointing their ringing cell phones toward unpopped kernals. It horrified me! I had been reading on www.Mercola.com how Dr. Mercola believes cell phones are dangerous. He suggests you do not sit with your cell phone in your pocket or by your side as it is constantly emitting a low-level of radiation. Alas, the YouTube video was debunked by Snopes. You cannot pop popcorn with a cell phone. But the video piqued my interest to discover more about the latest scientific research on cell phone radiation.
I found an excellent website to help me in my search: http://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation. On this site, you are able to look up your current cell phone to find out its radiation level. Another link ranks cell phones by radiation levels while another discusses the 10 cell phones with the best radiation levels. Still another link discusses new 2010 cell phones and which emit the most and the least radiation.
Best of all there is a 42-page document detailing “everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know” about cell phone radiation written by the Environmental Working Group. It is called “Cell Phone Radiation – Science Review on Cancer Risks and Children’s Health”.
This document details recent studies done on cell phone radiation around the world and discusses their findings. Three major problem areas are associated with cell phone use: brain tumors, behavioral problems in young children and migraines and vertigo. Multiple studies show an increase in these health challenges with increased cell phone usage. The countries of Germany, Switzerland, Israel , UK, France, Finland and the European Parliament, believe the findings warrant alerting their public to the possible risks.
The recommendations of the document entail requiring the U.S. government to label cell phones with their radiation emissions and requiring the cell phone industry to offer cell phones to the public with the least possible amount of radiation. People should be made aware of the dangers of frequent and lengthy cell phone conversations—the phone should be in speaker mode or a headset should be worn. Protect yourself, your family and your friends. Pass the word!
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