Mobile Radiation Solutions for Parents

(Newswire.net — July 4, 2014) Helsinki, Helsinki — Eating the cake and having it too, seems possible with the new wave of phone handsets. Mobile phone handsets that can be used wired to any normal mobile phone, are helping parents ensure their children avoid most all mobile phone radiation, yet having the assurance of reaching their children with their mobiles, if need be.

 

While alarmingly the penetration of mobile phones among teens continues to rise and a possible health issue is exacerbated, if the children are not taught to use earpieces or handsets, the new wave of bluetooth and wired headsets seem to be an answer to help protect against mobile phone radiation.

 

Multiple scientific studies, including one conducted by France Telecom, have demonstrated that the brains of young absorb more radiation than adult brains, possibly rendering them more vulnerable to brain tumors. Belgium adopted in late 2013 new cell phone regulations that bar mobile phone models designed for, and marketed to children ages 7 and younger.

 

Possible carcinogen, says WHO

In 2011 the World Health Organization said that cellphone radiation might be a “possible carcinogen. ” The effects of mobile phone radiation on children is possibly even more hazardous. Experts agree that since children’s bodies are still developing, they could be more susceptible than adults to any potential negative effects of electromagnetic radiation. Parents should delay giving children their own mobile phones until it is absolutely necessary and limit the time a child spends using the device.

 

Mobile Penetration Among Teens is Rising

Yet alarmingly according to Pew Research teen ager mobile usage is soaring with 78% of American teens owning a mobile phone, up from 45% as recently as 2004. The concern is the higher absorption rate and also that the cumulative exposure of the current generation of children and adolescents in their adult lives will be much higher than that of the current adults.

 

Solutions to avoid mobile phone radiation are needed and groups such as the Environmental Working Group drive consumer choice and civic action for a lesser amount of radiation in the environment.

 

Not likely solution to problem

Fortunately companies like Native Union are offering solutions that are reflections from humanity’s recent technological past repackaged to perfectly fit the digital age: mobile phone handsets that connect to the mobile phone via cable or bluetooth. With these handy headsets attached by cord to any normal phone, the user is safe from radiation from mobile phones. “These handsets eliminate up to 99% of absorbed radiation compared to using a mobile phone and they allow for improved audio clarity through noise reduction technology ” says Mr. Saku Mättö, from the website mobilephonehandset.info that specializes on news about mobile phones and ways to protect from possible adverse effects from using mobile phones.

 

“Especially in areas, where the reception signal is poor and where the phones compensate by turning up the strength of the signals they emit, using a mobile phone close to the head is very suspect. “, Mr. Mättö continues. Consequently, it is recommended to use a separate mobile phone headset or at least to limit the length of calls in places where reception is limited and the problems of radiation are exacerbated.

 

Markey, Waxman, GAO demand review of FCC safety standards

At the urging of the General Accountability Office, Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the FCC is reviewing its cell phone radiation standards. These were set in 1996, when cell phones were heavy, expensive and rarely entrusted to kids.

 

 

Tips to safer use of mobile devices

* Use an earpiece or special handset. When doing so, the distance to your mobile phone is greater and therefore your exposure is less. If you don’t have an earpiece at hand you can call with the loudspeaker on.

* When a mobile phone is switched off it transmits nothing. When it is on stand-by the mobile phone only transmits a sort signal now and again to give its position in the network. It is only during a conversation that the mobile phone transmits constantly.

* Devices that claim to reduce or negate radiation (such as ‘anti-radiation’ or ‘bio-protectors’) have not proven their effectiveness. On the contrary, an anti-radiation sticker or microchip you stick on your mobile phone can even have the reverse effect: the mobile phone will increase its power to guarantee the quality of the signal.

 

 

 

For more information:

 

http://mobilephonehandset.info

 

Belgium Ban on Children phones: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B14R6QNkmaXuMS1uQjVMYWZhMjA/edit?pli=1

France Telecom Study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18562780

Environmental Working Group http://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation/executivesummary

http://www.ewg.org/research/cell-phone-radiation-depends-wireless-carrier

Native Union http://www.nativeunion.com/

Pew Research: http://www.pewinternet.org/2009/08/19/teens-and-mobile-phones-over-the-past-five-years-pew-internet-looks-back/ and http://www.pewinternet.org/files/old-media/Files/Reports/2013/PIP_TeensandTechnology2013.pdf