Cell phones have helped people since their invention. Cell
phones have made the world smaller and have helped make communication easier between
people through calling, texting and specifically through IPhone’s invention of
FaceTime. Smartphones have also made the cell phone a necessity like one’s
wallet or keys. With all these phones can do, it makes it hard to go somewhere
without a phone, and it has now become difficult to find someone that doesn’t have
a phone. With all the prevalence cell phones have in society, few people know
the dangers cell phones pose to their health. Cell phone creators have listed
warnings, and ways to prevent these health risks on their cell phones, but the
public often does not see or pay attention to these warnings and ways of
operation. Most cell phones are not supposed to be held directly next to the
users head while talking. Cell phone companies normally put in the phone’s
manual how far away the phone should be held so that radiation does not affect
the user’s head. The iPhone 4 states that the phone should be held 15 mm away
from the user’s head during calls. Cell phone companies also recommend that
their phones not be held close to the body because of the radiation. The iPhone
4 also recommends that the phone should be held 15 mm away from the body, and
that the phone should be held in clips or holders without metal parts. This
would contrast the vast majority of people’s handling of cell phones. People
tend to always have the phone up to their head while talking on it, and when cell
phones are not being used, they are most often found in the person’s pocket. Cell
phones also become hot while being used because of the radiation emitted. Phones
much like other electronic devices will look to vent the radiation out, and the
phone will heat up if it is being used so much that it cannot vent enough radiation
to keep cool. This heat makes the radiation more prevalent in the area where
the phone is, so the person nearby is more susceptible to the effects of the radiation.
When the phone is cool there still is some radiation, but there is not enough
as much because it is being ventilated better.
All this radiation that enters the body can
cause abnormal cell growth and lead to cancer from EMFs that enter the body
through cell phones or Wi-Fi routers.
Wi-Fi routers act in a
similar way to cell phones. They emit radiation as used. Wi-Fi routers are very
dangerous because the radiation is low frequency and acts a lot like the
signals the router gives off. The radiation can pass through walls much like
the internet signal, and most Wi-Fi routers operate all day and all night, so
the people in the house are exposed to the radiation all day and all night. All
Wi-Fi routers emit this powerful radiation, so if you see a Wi-Fi signal in
your network, you can receive radiation from that Wi-Fi router.
The type of
radiation that is emitted from cell phones and Wi-Fi routers is
called electric
and magnetic fields (EMFs). These EMFs come in a non-ionizing form that is
emitted from a cell phone or Wi-Fi router, or in an ionizing form that is found
in ultraviolet light or x-rays.
