Where do YOU keep it?
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Notice all the TV ads for erectile dysfunction lately? Men can
become impotent in
surprising
ways and one of them is carrying their cell phone in a side
pocket. And carrying your cell on your belt can cause a much
more minor problem, which could become important later.
That's scary!
There is increasing evidence that cell phone use can lead to
brain
tumors and salivary gland cancer. A brain tumor is what
killed Ted Kennedy and film critic Roger Ebert had salivary
gland cancer.
October 25th edition of the Mirror, Susie Boniface and Adrian
Butler quote Powerwatch campaign leader Alasdair Philips as
saying, "Mobile companies hide the figures on how much
radiation they give off in the back of manuals. But modern
phones give out 217 electromagnetic pulses every minute into
your head. Primary school children should not have them,
secondary school children should be encouraged to text
rather than call, and males should not keep them in a pocket
because they drastically affect fertility."
One study shows that heavy cell phone use lowers sperm
count by 30%, and children are more vulnerable because they
have thinner skulls and smaller brains, which absorb more
radiation. Texting is much safer than making phone calls. In
France, phone companies must offer parents text message
only models and advertising cell phones to children under 12
is against the law. In Australia, children are told to use
mobiles only in "extreme emergencies" and to turn them off at
night. In Germany, low-emission phones have a "blue angel"
mark, making it easier to choose safer models.
There are other problems with cell phones as well: Wearing
one on your belt may lead to decreased bone density in an
area of the pelvis that is commonly used for bone grafts.
With long-term exposure, electromagnetic fields from cell
phones could weaken the bone, potentially affecting the
outcomes of surgical procedures using bone grafts. Surgeon
Toldga Atay says, "It would be better to keep mobile phones
as far as possible from our body during our daily lives."
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