Friday, November 23, 2012

...for ‘Cell’...a cancer cell!

Now that’s alarming! Today there are some three billion users of mobile phones across the world including an increasing number of young children as well. While ten years back the number was far less, it could be a reason why the researches are not being able to gather enough evidences. But then, if one notices, the major advancements in learning about what causes cancer has always taken a longer time, be it the case of smoking, Nagasaki-Hiroshima bombing effects, sunlight causing skin cancer or asbestos. The research by the several accolades winner Mr. Khurana and several others in UK has sent shivers down the spine of telecom associations and the government of India as well, which would soon set out policies to limit public exposure to radio waves from base stations and mobile handsets. While not setting up base stations near hospitals, schools or residential areas is in the hands of the authorities, it is time that individuals take charge of their own lives too.

Though variety adds spice to life, there is always a hitch even to the best of things. The time has come when making choices to sustain not just life but healthy happy lives is crucial. For all you know, the virtual-mobility-revolution being celebrated by mankind could actually be the reason for its extinction.

Cut the risk

l Avoid mobile phones for children until senior school.
l Use a landline whenever possible and laptops not to be used on the lap!
l Use the speaker and keep the mobile 20 cms away from the head while talking.
l ‘Texting’ better than calling.
l Cover the wire of the hands-free with a cover of ferrite beads.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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