How Safe Are Cell Phones?

@Spyguy, I know this is a bit late, so you'll probably never read this. Your anecdotal evidence is charming, but also highly flawed. Firstly, tumors take more than one year to develop, so your point makes no medical sense. Secondly, anecdotes are meaningless when it comes to scientific propositions. Case: Bob Hope, long-time smoker, lived to be 90 years old and died of non-lung cancer related illness. Does this mean that cigarettes don't cause cancer? Obviously not as evidenced by countless scientific studies. Thirdly, video game systems and PC are not held in close proximity to the brain, which by the way is a highly sensitive tissue. Finally, I would err on the side of caution regarding this issue until we have more conclusive evidence regarding cell phones and cancer. Just to be right now will be meaningless later if it does prove an actual correlation and then cause. Until they find out it is safe, I'm using a headset.

Although studies regarding cell phone risks vary, you should still take some basic steps just in case. At the least don't keep your cell phone in your shirt pocket next to your heard. Learn more here:
http://sanapura.blogspot.com/2009/06/not-so-smart-phones.html

I am sorry to say this is utter CRAP. Yes cell phones do put out a small amount of RF rays, but no more than being anywhere near a Video Gaming system or a PC (which I am assuming that this article was typed on.) You are way more likely to die from a meteor shower while underground than from talking on a cell phone. I spent almost a year In my bedroom sleeping and playing right next to a high powered Belkin N router and have I mutated... no, Have I grown a third arm...no. My point is if you are worried about mutating don't worry about the cell phones.. Oh and EricaTest about your problem I dont think It is the cell phones fault if it causes headaches it could be the volume of your phone or a pre existing medical condition. I would also talk to a psychiatrist if "the cellphone" causes you to hear voices telling you to kill someone or yourself. :P But seriously I dont think it is caused by the cellphone, but maybe by anticipating that it would happen. Like one day you got a normal headache while chatting on the phone. Then you searched online about cellphone health and when you talked on the celphone again you expected it to happen so it did, But thats just my oppinion anyways thank you for taking the time to read my rather long comment. Sorry if I came off a little rude at the begining, but I am too lazy to go back and fix it. Oh well

How cellphone affects social,spiritual,emotional and academic status of the students?

Does anyone know if there is any research on more modest negative effects such as damage to brain function in the affected region (that is heated by the radiowave exposure)? If cancer is a longterm risk, it would seem that there might also be less significant shorter term problems. If a specific measurable brain function (such as language or motor skills) is most likely to be affected by cell phone use on a given side of the brain, and if these effects are significantly more common that tumors, regression studies might be able to find statistically significant patterns of this sort with more ease - especially with children who undergo routine standardized tests. A couple questions could just be added to standardized tests asking students if they were willing to be anonymous subjects in a panel scientific study, and asking them about frequency of cell phone use, how long they have been using cell phones, and on which side of the head they usually use them.

Any scientist working on the issue knows the signals penetrate the skull and cause some heating. The questions are how much heating is too much, how accurate are the heating estimates, and are there other effects beyond heating. BioInitiative convinces me there's a huge problem. It is an emergency, but the FCC is sitting on their hands.

It isn't just the cell phones that emit radiation. The signals the towers are emitting are extremely dangerous too and cause all kinds of biological symptoms, not just cancer. I have seizures, transient blindness, head pain, MS type symptoms, the list goes on. I have had to make my home wireless free just be relatively pain and symptom free. Not an easy task when there are cell towers all around and my neighbours' wireless internet signals come into my house. Going out in public is hell because of all the cell phone use. I can walk out of range of a person's cigarette smoke but I can never get out of range of the cell and wireless signals that permeate our environment. Wireless technologies are not even regulated and are being implemented around the world at an alarming rate. Just how much do governments make from the licensing of these companies? How much do these companies earn from use of their systems? The picture is a lot bigger than just health affects. It is the fact that we are a part of an unchecked, unregulated, biological experiment and it all comes down to dollars and cents these companies and governments are making on it. A large amount of radiation is being emitted into our environment and we do not know the overall affect it is having on our environment, wildlife and human health. By the time we do know it will be too late. We need to take a precautionary approach as we would with any other new technology. I suggest anyone reading this should also take a look at the Bioinitiative Report at http://www.bioinitiative.org/index.htm. to get the full picture.

It isn't just the cell phones that emit radiation. The signals the towers are emitting are extremely dangerous too and cause all kinds of biological symptoms, not just cancer. I have seizures, transient blindness, head pain, MS type symptoms, the list goes on. I have had to make my home wireless free just be relatively pain and symptom free. Not an easy task when there are cell towers all around and my neighbours' wireless internet signals come into my house. Going out in public is hell because of all the cell phone use. I can walk out of range of a person's cigarette smoke but I can never get out of range of the cell and wireless signals that permeate our environment. Wireless technologies are not even regulated and are being implemented around the world at an alarming rate. Just how much do governments make from the licensing of these companies? How much do these companies earn from use of their systems? The picture is a lot bigger than just health affects. It is the fact that we are a part of an unchecked, unregulated, biological experiment and it all comes down to dollars and cents these companies and governments are making on it. A large amount of radiation is being emitted into our environment and we do not know the overall affect it is having on our environment, wildlife and human health. By the time we do know it will be too late. We need to take a precautionary approach as we would with any other new technology. I suggest anyone reading this should also take a look at the Bioinitiative Report at http://www.bioinitiative.org/index.htm. to get the full picture.

who cares!!!IF YOU OWN A CELL YOU WORK ON THE WAY TO, ON THE WAY HOME, AND AT HOME! WELCOME TO WORKING 24/7, FOR AN 8HR DAY PAYCHECK! BETTER YET DO IT IN TRAFFIC!! SMOKING IN YOUR OWN CAR WITH WINDOWS UP CAN KILL THE NEXT DRIVER??? SO DOES YOUR MOUTH WHILE TALKING AND DRIVING!!!

Doesn't anyone realize that the real danger of using a cell phone is distraction? They interupt us during work, but worse while we are driving! Forget the long term risks, they are killing us already since we can't stop talking on them long enough to pay attention to the road while driving!

You see people talking on their cell phones everywhere. I'm sure it has some adverse effect. 30 years from now, they will link some cancer to cell phone use and everyone will want to sue. Use a land line once in awhile!!

Even if cell phone emissions are proven not to penetrate the skull, what about skin cancer? Those same emissions impinge on the scalp, surrounding skin and underlying tissue. Also, bluetooth hands-free sets operate at the same frequency as a microwave oven (2.4 gigahertz) so they're no more safe in my opinion. I only use a wired earphone/mic and always keep the cell phone a foot or two away from my body.

their brain matter is significantly worse than on adults. For people who never use the things the negative effects of their usage can be VERY obvious. I don't have a microwave and use radiation filters on my tvs/monitors plus draping cotton towels over the computer (cotton helps dissipate emf radiation). I hate being around someone when they use their cell. Cells are the new cigarettes, only they might be worse!

Finally, :"normal" people are kept in the dark on this and so many other health issues in this country. Of course there is a always a correlation between keeping people uninformed and the pockets of big business full. Especially important or at least especially noteworthy who are too stubborn to give a damn about themselves is the threat to children. Indeed our skulls are thinner and the warming effect of the radiation on brain mater

During my military years of working with low power radio frequency radiation hazards I was required to have yearly health checks due to government data suggesting cancer risks from this tyoe of exposure. When cell phones became a big business these checks suddenly disappeared. Of course we all know that the government wouldn't allow a product to be sold that long term exposure to could cause health risks like cancer. Look at the fine example the feds have shown their leadership in like the tobacco industry.