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7 Disadvantages of Mobile Phones
March 5, 2008 By Michael 18 Comments
I have reduced my mobile phone usage by about 96% since I started researching its health consequences. I went
from one hour per day on my mobile, to less than one hour per month.
Am I overreacting?
You might have a different answer after reading the articles in this series.
Each article in this series will go into at least one of the seven disadvantages of mobile phones. The 7
disadvantages of mobile phones that will be covered are:
An Unsafe Safety Standard (see below)
Negative Health Effects
Male Infertility
The Effect on Children
Mobile Phones and Driving
Increased Stress Level
The Effect on the Environment
I am thinking of adding ‘Mobile Phones and Privacy’. The last part of the series will provide actions you can take
to reduce the health risks.
All articles will be posted in the coming few weeks.
A Short History – The exponential use of mobile phones
Almost every adult has a mobile phone, and so do many children. Prof. Kenneth J. Rothman, one of the world’s
leading epidemiologists, states the following:
Within only a few years a substantial proportion of the world’s population has adopted a new
technology that involves placing a small radio transmitter up against the head, in some instances for
hours a day.[1]
The explosion of mobile phone use in the last few decades has been astounding: In 1988 there were
approximately 500,000 mobile phone subscribers in the US, by 1993 this had grown to 13,000,000. [2] By
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2006 there were 223 million mobile phone users. [3]
Mobile phones transmit and receive Radio Frequency (RF) signals in order to communicate....

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