cellphones

Cellphone use is dangerous to young children. For years,there has been a controversy about the danger of cellphones.Now a group of scientists are saying that the danger toyoung children has been seriously underestimated, and thatchildren under eight should not use mobile phones at all.

The report was issued by Britain’s National RadiologicalProtection Board (NRPB), and caused panic within thecellphone industry. One British company withdrew a cellphonetargeted to four to eight year old children.
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When cell phone use was banned on planes, many of us thought the airlines were just trying to make money by forcing us to use those expensive phones built into the seat in front of us. But a pilot website has posted real experiences from flight crews who have experienced interference caused by cell phone use.
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Don’t use your cellphone just to make calls?use it to attack other cellphones! The design firm Ideo has invented cellphones that discourage people from making unnecessary calls or zap other cellphone users who talk too long or too loudly in public. One design comes with two metal plates attached to it that can send an increasing electric shock to the people you?re talking to. Another phone is shaped like a musical instrument. “It looks like a snake that has swallowed a mobile phone,” says designer Graham Pullin. In order to make a call, you have to stand up and play a tune on the musical phone. “It seems inconceivable that someone would stand up and play it in the middle of a crowded restaurant so it is a good litmus test about where it is appropriate to make a call,” Pullin says. read more

Talking on cellphones is the leading cause of crashes caused by driver distraction, according to the California Highway Patrol. Maybe this is because new evidence shows that cellphones may trigger the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Studies of rats in Sweden found that radiation from mobile phones damages areas of the brain associated with learning, memory and movement, but so far, no one has found conclusive evidence that cellphones damage the human brain. It’s a long-running debate between people who want to talk and drive and other drivers who wish they wouldn’t, and people who say cellphones are safe to use and others who think they’re turning our brains into Swiss cheese.
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