How dangerous are radio waves emitted from mobile phones? This topic has been debated for years and we will probably continue to talk about it a lot in the future. Especially after the publication of research from the University of California Berkeley that it is dangerous for the brain to talk over a thousand hours on the phone. According to this study, doing this 17 minutes a day is enough to increase the risk of cancer.
We all know that the phone emits radiation to work. Well, this research shows that intensive smartphone use can increase the risk of brain damage. The risk starts to rise after 1,000 hours of phone calls. In practice, the brain is at risk of cancer after absorbing 1,000 hours of radiation. It may seem like an infinite amount of time, but 1,000 hours in 10 years equals 17 minutes of conversation per day.
Just doing this 17 minutes a day will increase your cancer risk
Joel Moskowitz, director of the Center for Family and Community Health conducted this particular research with the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. South Korea’s National Cancer Center and Seoul National University also collaborated on this work. The team of scholars led by Moskowitz analyzed 46 studies done in recent years in 16 countries. These researches investigated the effects of using smartphones on health. Some of these studies have been carried out in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Sweden and New Zealand.
What did the team discover by analyzing the statistics from these 46 studies?
If you use your smartphone for at least 17 minutes a day, every day for 10 years, the risk of getting cancer increases by 60%. Furthermore, if you use your smartphone for over 10 years, the risk of a brain tumor doubles.
However, it is very difficult for most people not to talk on their cell phones for less than 17 minutes a day. And then Moskowitz also offered suggestions for minimizing the harmful impact of radiation. Distance can go a long way. Holding the smartphone 25 cm away instead of resting on the ear reduces the body’s exposure to radiation by 10,000 times, especially the brain. So it is better to use earphones or speakerphone.
Another tip is to keep the smartphone as far away from our body as possible even when we are not making any calls. This is because the antenna still emits radiation. So when we can we avoid keeping it in the inside pockets of the jacket, in the pants, in the bag. If we are at home or in the office, we put the smartphone on a table away from the body.
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