Mobile phone radiation and health

The effect mobile phone radiation has on human health is the subject of recent interest and study, as a result of the enormous increase in mobile phone usage throughout the world (as of June 2009, there were more than 4.3 billion users worldwide^[1]). Mobile phones use electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range, which some believe may be harmful to human health. A large body of research exists, both epidemiological and experimental, in non-human animals and in humans, of which the majority shows no definite causative relationship between exposure to mobile phones and harmful biological effects in humans. This is often paraphrased simply as the balance of evidence showing no harm to humans from mobile phones, although a significant number of individual studies do suggest such a relationship, or are inconclusive. Other digital wireless systems, such as data communication networks, produce similar radiation.

The World Health Organization, based upon the majority view of scientific and medical communities, has stated that cancer is unlikely to be caused by cellular phones or their base stations and that reviews have found no convincing evidence for other health effects.^[2][3] The WHO expects to make recommendations about mobile phones in 2010.^[4] Some national radiation advisory authorities^[5] have recommended measures to minimize exposure to their citizens as a precautionary approach.

Six countries in Europe, France, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, Finland and the UK, are now passing laws that will protect children from the risks of high use of cell phones. This was recommended by their health agencies as a way to reduce the exposure that the children are getting. This resolution urged all EU members to attempt to reduced their radiation limits.

It was noticed in Denmark that their children were showing signs of hyperactivity problems along with emotional troubles. They feel that even the pregnant mothers carry the same risk. In another study done in Denmark, it was found that those with long-term cell use were being hospitalized for migraines and vertigo.