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Breakfast's Dr Frances Pitsillis shares her safety tips for using cellphones.
Cellphones are here to stay, and a necessary part of life. Because we don't know conclusively that they are 100% safe, and because there is potential for much harm, it is always best to be as safe as possible.
Safety tips
Keep conversations short
Keep handset as far away as possible - not on body - handbags for
men
Use speaker
Avoid using cellphone while moving - the signal increases to keep
finding and establishing connection with cell phone tower
Avoid using cell phone in car/ bus/ train, as the power will
increase to get more signal through the metal
Don't use phone when at petrol station/hospitals - interference
with equipment
Turn phone off during electrical storm, as it acts as a lightning
rod
Hands free - conflicting evidence about different kits'
safety
Blue tooth - conflicting evidence - possible magnification of
signal
Don't use phone when signal is weak - it will put out more
signal
People at risk
Children - developing brain/cell still multiplying
Not in those under adolescent age
Elderly - more vulnerable immune system and microwaves may cause
drugs and toxins to get through into brain more easily
Pregnant women - developing fetus is vulnerable
Male fertility - reduced sperm/sperm shape
Spectacle wearers - metal rimmed glasses intensify exposure to
microwaves to the eye by 20% and to the head by 6.3%
Epileptics - microwaves may increase ease of having a seizure
Go to drfrances.co.nz for more information.
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