Mobile Phones and Health Risks

Mobile Phones and Health Risks

The number of mobile phone users are constantly increasing. Almost everybody has a mobile phone in this day and age. Do you know anybody who does not own a mobile phone? Since the use of mobile phones are so widespread, health issues have become a concern for researchers. Most mobile phone users do not pay particular attention to such concerns as the evidence is not so clear. We don't generally think that our mobile phones are a hazard to us, but are they? With mobile phones belonging to millions of people, its understandable that users want to have a full understanding of the long term impact on the human body.

In one article, researchers were concerned with RF radiation. Researchers have said that mobile phones communicate using RF radiation. At a high level of radiation, it has a thermal effect as it can raise a persons body temperature. In mobile phones there are a low level of RF radiation which is argued could cause problems as big as tumours.

In one research study, researchers studied the signal from mobile phones. The researchers found it hard to find health-concerning issues where signals are transmitted. At that time, researchers could not find scientific evidence on cancer occurring over the use of mobile phones. From this research, would you think that we are safe from health issues? Researchers believe that further research would be a waste of time as they would get the same results. Its not 100% certain that there are no risks but the uncertainty is low.

Would you think the reason a phone is so warm is from a high amount of usage? Would you think it was connected to radiation? -No, its not. This heat is from the battery alone. RF radiation has nothing to do with the heat coming from the phone. Radiation does not have any heat effect related.

In another article relating to health risks, a research that I found interesting and debatable was that using a mobile phone and any other electronic gadget for just 2 hours before bed could cause sleeping pattern problems. It is said that it causes "Melatonin Suppression". Melatonin is said to be a chemical that controls our body clock. Researchers believed that using a mobile phone before bed causes people to take longer to reach deeper sleep stages and also more difficult to stay in them. Researchers wanted to recommend dimming the lights on phones and other technology to reduce disturbed sleeping patterns.  

        From reading through the research made about the health concerns from mobile phones I think it would do very little to comfort those who are worried about radiation and the impact of it on a person as the research is uncertain and they believe that no evidence was found. 

In my response to the research, not many people would consider the hidden dangers of mobile phone radiation. For those who are worried about the effects it could cause, people could be either relieved that researchers struggled to find evidence of it causing health problems or people could be even more worried as researchers don't know if health is at risk or not. From the research of mobile phones causing bad sleeping patterns I'm not sure I can believe it. In my own experience I could easily fall asleep texting or watching television and sleep just fine but I can take a while to fall asleep some nights. I don't know if that could be related. Unless this study was in relation to people who would not regularly use much technology and when they did use it before bed, they struggled to sleep. That is just my guess on the study. Would you believe this research?

Another question to ask yourself, could you live without your mobile phone? I personally don't think I could. If I had no choice, I could learn to live without it, but with the choice I would keep it in my life with or without health concerns.


Reference:

 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/250402.php.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2194806/Using-mobile-phones-tablets-bed-affecting-sleep-warn-scientists.html.