presentation on risk of mobile phones

1. Risks of using mobile phones

2. Originally developed for the Department of Defense,
cell phones devices were never tested for safety.

3. Questions about cell phone safety arose in the early
1990s, when a businessman filed a lawsuit alleging
that cell phones caused his wife’s death due to brain
cancer.

4. Mobile phone users may be placing there
health at risk from electromagnetic radiation.

5. Part of the radio waves emitted by a
mobile telephone handset are absorbed
by the body.

6. Children are thought to be at higher risk of health
implications from the use of mobile phones. This is
because their skulls and cells are still growing and
tend to absorb radiation more easily.

7. Around 80% of drivers have or regularly use a mobile
phone. Surveys suggest you are four times more
likely to have an accident if you are using a mobile
phone while driving.

8. Mobile phones can
cause disruption in
hospitals. They can
disturb patients who
are resting and could
be confused with
alarm bells on
medical equipment.
The radio waves
from mobile phones
can also interfere
with medical devices,
such as monitors.

9. Radiation from
a mobile phone
has the
biological effect
of raising the
temperature in
a localized area
of the brain by
a fraction of a
degree.

10. Heavy use of a mobile phone can damage sperm,
according to new research in the United states. A
study into men with fertility problems showed that
those who used the a mobile for more than four
hours a day had a lower sperm count.

11. The risk of death from brain cancer is higher for cell
phone users who hold their cell phones against their
heads compared to those who keep their cell phones
away from their heads.

12. Think about how much time a day should you use
your mobile phone