Four years since our last report update, we are revisiting the discussion on possible health risks associated with mobile\/cellular phone use<\/em><\/p>\n
Earlier this week, news reports stated that the city of Berkeley, California (USA), had recently passed a law \u201crequiring cell phone stores to inform customers about safety recommendations<\/em>\u201d (Source: CNN<\/a>). Specifically, the stores must communicate to their customers the US federal guidelines on the amount of radiation that mobile\/cellular phones can emit and provide instructions on safer phone use.<\/p>\n
In the four years that have passed since publication of the IARC\/WHO position, and the studies conducted to date, no clear association has been made between the radiation from mobile\/cellular phones and cancer. Consequently, some experts are beginning to questions whether the lack of more decisive evidence on the subject is its own conclusion.<\/p>\n
Mobile\/cellular phones, similar to cordless telephones, and microwave ovens, all emit non-ionizing radiation, which unlike ionizing radiation such as X-rays and CT scans (for example) do not have the potential to damage DNA. Additionally, the considerably lower power of mobile\/cellular phones, when compared with cordless telephones and microwave ovens, further lowers whatever harmful effects that could be experienced. However, scientists are also quick to admit that although there is some understanding of how ionising and non-ionising radiation affects the body, there are still \u201ca lot of gaps in knowledge<\/em>\u201d (Source: CNN<\/a>).<\/p>\n
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Image credit:\u00a0 Davvi Chrzastek<\/a> (flickr)<\/em><\/p>\n
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