| A recent scientific study identified a link between | | | | farther the cell phone is from your body. If you have a |
| microwave radiation of the kind emitted by cellular | | | | cell phone, I strongly recommend you use a headset, |
| phones and two different kinds of damage to the eye. | | | | and keep the phone itself well away from your body. |
| At least one type of damage apparently never heals. | | | | Although that reduces the radiation risk considerably, |
| When the eyeis exposed for a prolonged time to | | | | some emissions can still travel up the headset wire |
| microwave radiation, thereis large-scale damage to the | | | | and into the head. Probably the best solution is to get a |
| optical quality of the lens. But there seemed to be a | | | | cell phone with a good speaker phone and always use |
| maximum level to this kind of damage, and when the | | | | it. Keeping the phone as far away from your body is |
| exposure stops, the damage begins to heal. | | | | the ideal solution. |
| However, at the same time, a different kind of | | | | For many of you this is simply not very practical, so I |
| damage occurs at the microscopic level. Tiny "bubbles" | | | | recommend attaching the newair cell phone headsets |
| appear on the surface of the lens. This kind of | | | | that we have just introduced. If you use a cell phone |
| damage reaches no maximum level, but instead | | | | without the speaker phone feature, then this is simply a |
| accumulates progressively, and it did not heal even | | | | must. There is no excuse to not use this technology, |
| after the experiment stopped. It was theorized that the | | | | which virtually eliminates all the dangers of using a cell |
| bubbles were caused by friction between cellsthat | | | | phone. |
| were exposed to the radiation. | | | | There are also, of course, more commonplace |
| Bioelectromagnetics July 2005; 26(5):398-405IsraCast | | | | dangers to using cell phones. If you use one while |
| July 27, 2005 | | | | driving your car, you increase your chance of having |
| Dr. Mercola's Comment: | | | | an accident by up to 400 percent. Worldwide, auto |
| Electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation from cell phones | | | | accidents account for 23 percentof all deaths from |
| is a topic that provokes a good deal of controversy. | | | | injury, which comes to over1 million deaths each year. |
| Many experts believe that the radiation is too low-level | | | | At the same time, cancer, another deadly cell phone |
| to cause harm. However, they often base this on an | | | | risk, has surpassed heart disease in America as the |
| examination of thermal or heat-related effects. The | | | | leading cause of death for those under 85. Itkills over |
| danger from cell phones is far more likely to originate in | | | | 1,500 people every day in the United Statesalone. |
| the low-intensity pulsed microwave radiation that the | | | | Every year, more and more people are switching to |
| phones emit. | | | | cell phones. Many are now using cell phones as their |
| There is a growing body of evidence that long-term | | | | only phone, especially among younger people, who |
| exposure to this kind of cell phone radiation can indeed | | | | could be exposing themselves to EMF radiation and |
| be a danger. As well as these studies showing they | | | | other risks over a period of decades. |
| can affect the sensitive cells of your eyes, there has | | | | Please avoid having yourself become a statistic. If you |
| been research indicating that it can cause: | | | | use a cell phone at all, wear a headset with a ferrite |
| - Brain cancer | | | | bead, don't use the cell phone in the car, and in general |
| - Tumor growth on the auditory nerve | | | | try to minimize your cell phone use. Related Articles: |
| - Possibly Alzheimer's disease | | | | Electromagnetic Fields and Cell PhonesAre Cell |
| - Many other potential problems | | | | Phones Safe For Your Children? |
| Fortunately, the danger decreases exponentially the | | | | |