| There is growing consensus that cell phone antennas | | | | long calls. They should sue land lines instead so as to |
| may be harmful to humans due to the huge volume of | | | | minimize the length of contact with the radiation |
| electromagnetic waves that get concentrated around | | | | emitted by the device.Consumers should buy phones |
| it during the receipt and placing of calls. This danger is | | | | with low specific absorption rate (SAR). Mobile phones |
| even further aggravated by cellular manufacturers | | | | should be kept away from the body as much as |
| who place the internal antennas close to the | | | | possible. They can be put in the purse or bag and only |
| earpiece.Mobile phones are basically radio sets and | | | | brought into contact with the body when there is the |
| therefore emit energy radio signals that can penetrate | | | | need to make or receive a call. |
| the body and cause harm. | | | | Users should try to keep their conversations short.If |
| There have been several commissions on the study | | | | possible, SMS messages can be sent instead of calls |
| of the effect of mobile phone on the human body and | | | | so that there is less contact with the body especially |
| the most pronounced has been The Stewart Report | | | | around the skull area. |
| which suggested that radio waves indeed penetrate | | | | Keep switching between both ears so that one |
| human bodies from mobile phone antennas and | | | | particular ear does not absorb the full brunt of the |
| specially recommended that children who obviously | | | | radiation all the time. |
| have softer skulls be extra careful and use the device | | | | Radiation emission is at the highest when the phone is |
| sparingly. The report further went on to state that the | | | | trying to connect so keep the phone away from the |
| brain cells of children are not as fully developed as | | | | skull till you see the call fully connected.Weak signal |
| those of adults and can therefore be at greater risk | | | | results in higher radiation so avoid making calls in areas |
| as they absorb the radiation more than fully hardened | | | | where reception is poor as the device will try to boost |
| adult skulls.These hazards may exist but cell phones | | | | its power to get you a connection and resultantly |
| have become part of everyday living like cars and | | | | bombard you with more radiation. |
| cannot be dispensed with. In the light of this fact, doing | | | | We cannot do away with cellular devices looking at |
| away with our phones may not be a practical | | | | the convenience they have ushered consumers in. |
| approach to solving the health hazards issue. Rather | | | | Nevertheless, we can adopt some helpful attitudes to |
| we can adopt some habits to mitigate the effects of | | | | minimize the harmful effects this technology is bringing |
| the radiation.Children should not use cell phones for | | | | to mankind. |