{"id":63280,"date":"2017-01-15T07:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T11:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=63280"},"modified":"2017-01-15T07:31:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T11:31:09","slug":"14-ways-of-minimizing-cellphone-radiation-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=63280","title":{"rendered":"14 Ways of Minimizing Cellphone Radiation Exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/899d4908-a1ce-41de-bc44-934906c7d696.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-63282\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/899d4908-a1ce-41de-bc44-934906c7d696.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/899d4908-a1ce-41de-bc44-934906c7d696.jpg 730w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/899d4908-a1ce-41de-bc44-934906c7d696-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nby Konrad M.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists can&#8217;t seem to make up their mind about cell phones. Do they produce radiation? Yes. Is the radiation they produce harmful to us? They aren&#8217;t sure. However, putting all their reports together, a pattern of tips and precautions becomes clear.<\/p>\n<p>The most important thing you need to know right away is that your phone sometimes transmits a stronger (and therefore more hazardous) signal, while at other times it will transmit very weakly or not at all. It&#8217;s a good idea to know when that happens and when it doesn&#8217;t to avoid causing yourself harm. Parents should especially heed this advice, as children are most susceptible to radiation damage during their tender years of growth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some important tips to minimize exposure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>Keep some distance \u2013 hold your cell phone as far away from your body as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>Use a headset (wired or Bluetooth) to keep the handset away from your head.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong>Do not press the handset against your head. Radio Frequency (RF) energy is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source &#8212; being very close greatly increases energy absorption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong>Limit the length of mobile calls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. <\/strong>Use text (SMS) instead of voice wherever possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. <\/strong>Put the cell phone on speaker mode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. <\/strong>Use your phone where reception is good. If the radio signal is weak, a mobile phone will increase its transmission power. Find a strong signal and avoid movement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\"><span class=\"tm-emailbody-likes-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive no-like\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bcdn.biz\/Images\/2017\/1\/13\/e7004a51-843d-47e3-ba21-c0e8fea911af.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>8. <\/strong>Metal and water are good conductors of radio waves, so avoid using a mobile phone while wearing metal-framed glasses or having wet hair.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. <\/strong>Let the call connect before putting the handset to your ear or before you start speaking and listening \u2013 a mobile phone first makes the communication at higher power and then reduces power to an adequate level. More power is radiated during call connecting time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> If you have the option, use a landline (wired) phone rather than a mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. <\/strong>When your phone is ON, <strong>don&#8217;t carry it in chest\/breast or pants pockets<\/strong>. It might harm your fertility or your heart. When a mobile phone is ON, it automatically transmits at high power every one or two minutes to check (poll) the network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12.<\/strong> Reduce children&#8217;s mobile phone use, as a younger person will likely have a longer lifetime exposure to radiation from cell phones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13.<\/strong> People who have active medical implants should preferably keep the cell phone at least 15cm away from the medical implant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>* While purchasing a mobile handset, check its SAR value. This can be found on the internet if you know its make and model.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>14. <\/strong>The RF radiation is increased by mobile phones when used in a car to overcome the window shielding. So try to reduce such use or stop it altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Images by <a href=\"http:\/\/tracking.depositphotos.com\/aff_c?offer_id=4&amp;aff_id=13264\" target=\"_blank\">Deposit Photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ba-bamail.com\/content.aspx?emailid=24248\">http:\/\/www.ba-bamail.com\/content.aspx?emailid=24248<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}