There’s no slowing down to the surge in mobile phone and other wireless gadget demand throughout the world. Mobile applications are getting more powerful, thanks to improvement made to the mobile equipment hardware and software.
Nowadays, mobile smart phones are jam packed with various features such as high-resolution camera, video recorder, inbuilt wireless wi-fi, multiple song and video format download and playback, huge memory and on the box ready support of myriads and host of Internet applications.
Goggle Android, Apple iPhone OS, Microsoft Mobile PC and many others are aggressively battling and vying for the lucrative mobile business market share. Some people just simply can’t leave their home without mobile phone. Wireless mobile communication has become a large part of our lifestyle.
Mobile phone video, data and voice charges are getting cheaper and more affordable. It is quite a common sight for people to get glued to their mobile gadgets, be in the street walking, jogging, sitting and even driving (although that is illegal and against safety traffic regulation of course).
You can immediately upload pictures taken through your mobile phone to share it with friends by connecting to the Internet and surf Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other social web 2.0 media, all within the palm of your hand.
Mobile e-commerce applications have come a long way. Nowadays you can conduct real time online trading, check the latest stock market information, order goods and services via web base applications, navigate your with GPS equipped mobile handset, watch television and movie online.
Beneath all these high tech solutions offered by mobile phone lays a hidden silent death trap. It’s not surprising that few people are aware of the danger associated with electromagnetic field radiation emitted by mobile phone and other wireless gadgets.
Mobile communication industry would want you to believe that there is only minimal risk associated with exposure to EMF radiation. Is EMF radiation exposure really safe and nothing to be of concern of as what these giant corporation stakeholders claim to be?
Well, it might be the case and perhaps we should not worry too much if the number of mobile phone users is low compare to the general population. The reality though is that mobile phone subscribers have increased multiple folds the past few years as mobile phone cost and subscriber-pricing plan becomes more affordable.
It is estimated that Singapore will have over 6.91 million mobile subscribers by year 2013. Mobile phone emits EMF so long as it is switch on regardless of whether you use it or not. Even in power saving mode, EMF is still emitted albeit in lower radiation level.
Imagine the amount of EMF radiation that you are exposed to in crowded areas. With typical 4 out of 5 person carrying mobile phone, it is not surprising that you are being bombarded with EMF radiation almost all the time.
The potential risk associated with mobile EMF has been known for years. Time and again mobile phone and other wireless equipment designers and manufacturers claimed there are no concrete findings to indicate that the radiation emitted from such equipments are harmful to health.
Since most of the EMF health risk investigations were either conducted or sponsored by organizations link to mobile industries and wireless markets, it is not surprising that results of the investigation would prove in favor of them (EMF radiation from mobile and wireless equipments do not pose any health risk).
Scientists now believe that EMF do indeed pose health risk. Some of the health risks associated with prolong exposure to EMF are 1) cancer, 2) genetic changes, 3) sleeping complications, 4) infertility problem, 5) psychological and personality changes, 6) brain and nervous system disturbance, 7) hormone imbalance and etc.
Do check out http://electromagnetichealth.org/quotes-from-experts/. It will help you to understand better the effects of radiation on health.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Mobile Phone Radiation - What Is The Risk?
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Mobile phone harmful radiation
Mobile cell phones are getting more and more popular, feature rich, very affordable and increasing cheaper in terms of pricing. Mobile cell phones are well within the rich of the mass population. It is not unusual to find mobile cell phones fitted with 5 or more mega pixel camera, mp3 player, web browser, GPS support, wireless technology such as Bluetooth, WiFi and USB and host of other fanciful stuffs.
Apple just released its brand new 2nd generation mobile phone, the 3G iPhone. It is not just adults, even students and children alike owns mobile phones nowadays.
One health question associated with mobile cell phone is with regards to risk of prolong exposure to radiation when use frequently for extend amount of time and place closed to our ears.
Nowadays cell phone users are spending longer time chatting through the phone, many thanks due to the very affordable mobile phone subscription plans. Beneath the happy cell phone chatting hour is the potential danger of radiation exposure that may lead to brain tumors.
A survey done by Nokia a few years ago indicates no direct link between harmful electro magnetic radiations to mobile cell phone usage. Apparently the report is somewhat less honest than truthful since we now know there plenty of evidence to indicate the public health crisis posed by prolongs mobile phone usage.
One way to reduce exposure to electromagnetic radiation is just simply by using hands-free mobile cell phone kit to decrease direction radiation exposure to the head.
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