Keep phone away from head and body, don’t put it in a pants or shirt pocket, and only use when signal is strong, says Consumer Reports. Text when possible.
The recent study of the National Toxicology Program, “the largest and most expensive ever made,” found a link between cellphone radiation and cancer in rats and “adds weight” to those who want federal agencies to “reconsider” their current advice on such radiation, says the magazine.
The article, by Jeneen Interlandi, New York, does not touch on radiation from other sources such as computers, Wi-Fi routers in classrooms, cordless phones, wireless utility meters, wearable radiation emitters such as watches and “baby monitors,” and cellphone towers.
Cellphones have five circles in the upper left hand corner that show the strength of the signal. Strongest is when all five are blacked. Common advice is not to use a cellphone in a car or moving vehicle since the phone has to work extra hard to bring in a signal.
Consumer Reports urges the Federal Communications Commission to update its requirements for testing the effect of cellphone radiation on human heads and calls on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to repost its advice on the potential hazard of cellphone radiation and cautionary advice that was taken down in August 2014.
Cellphone makers should "prominently display" steps that users can take to reduce radiation, it says.
Children Are on “Digital Heroin” –NY Post
A two-page feature in the Aug. 25 Sunday New York Post was headlined, “The Frightening Effects of Digital Heroin.”
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iPads, smart phones and Xboxes are a form of “digital drug” that affects the brain’s frontal cortex, which controls executive functioning including impulse control,” says the article by Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D., former clinical assistant professor at Stony Brook University’s Health Sciences Center. He is a New York State licensed psychotherapist.
Kardaras is now executive director, The Dunes East Hampton, rehabilitation facility whose fees are $50K to $75K monthly. He is the author of Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction is Hi-Jacking Our Kids--and How to Break the Trance.
The excessive amount of time children are spending on their screens is making them “wired, tired, aggressive and even psychotic—battling an addiction harder to kick than drugs,” he says.
Children on Screens 8-11 Hours a Day
He quotes the American Academy of Pediatrics as finding that 8-10 year-olds are spending eight hours a day with various digital media while teenagers spend 11 hours in front of screens. One in three children are using tablets and smartphones “before they can talk,” he says.
The handbook of Internet Addiction by Dr. Kimberly Young says 18% of college-age internet users in the U.S. suffer from “tech addiction.”
There is no mention in the Kardaras article about possible ill effects on the brain and body from the microwave radiation emitted by cellphones, computers, etc.
He urges parents to demand that schools not be allowed to give their children tablets or Chromebooks until they are at least ten years old. Others, he says, say 12 is a better age for use of such products.
“Give your children Lego instead of Minecraft, books instead of iPads, and nature and sports instead of TV, he advises.
Wireless Blogspot lists 85 sources of information on the radiation issue as it affects school children.
Here are entries at the top of the list.
Wi-Fi in Schools
Best Practices With Wireless Radiation for Schools: A Review of Global Advisories by the Environmental Health Trust.
Mother of Wi-Fi Caused Suicide Tells Tragic Story by Jack O’Dwyer, May 4, 2016.
City of Haifa, Israel is Disconnecting Wi-Fi in Schools, by Jack O’Dwyer, April 20, 2016.
New York PTA Calls for Wi-Fi to Be Turned Off. School District served with legal liability notice.
Resolution on Wireless Equipment/Cellular Phones and Antennas, Fair Use Statement submitted to the California State Parents and Teachers Assn.
Tech Companies Ignore Wi-Fi Dangers to Children, Babies, by Jack O’Dwyer, Feb. 22, 2016.
Environmental Health Trust: Schools, Unions and PTA Actions.
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