How long is it safe to call?

The radiation from mobile phones is thousandfold stronger than the intensity that causes a measurable impact. Therefore, even a short call can be harmful.

1. DNA damage. It is well establised that the DNA is damaged by mobile phone radiation. The stronger the intensity the greater the damage. It is also well known from the study of radioactivity, which damages DNA in a similar way, that the effect is cumulative. DNA damage increases the risk for cancer. The risk for a harmful effect is small with a short call and increases over time. So if you want to minimize DNA irradiation damage, never make long calls. For safety, to minimize the damage to your DNA, the shorter calls, the better. Every second increases the risk.

2. Blood-Brain-Barrier damage. A Swedish research team lead by professor Leif Salford, neurosurgeon, found that this barrier, which protects the brain from inflow of harmful substances from the bloodstream, was disrupted by mobile phone microwaves at levels occurring during normal calls. It is known that this barrier is damaged in Parkinsons disease and in Alzheimers dementia. So there is a risk that disruption of this protection barrier may damage the brain. This disruption occurred within 2 minutes. In some cases even sooner. The effect was greater, the greater the intensity of the radiation.

Advice

A. Minimize time and and intensity

1. Minimize the time you speak. Preferably use the mobile only for very short messages, of a few seconds length, never for several minutes.

2. Minimize the intensity of the irradiation.

• Always check the signal intensity and don't call when the signal is weak, because then your mobile will irradiate maximally.
• Avoid speaking in elevators and other confined places, because there the irradiation is especially strong.
• Avoid speaking in busses, trains, trams, subway/underground vehicles etc. A Japanese study found a considerable increase of radiation in trains because the radiation was reflected inside the space.
• Hold the phone as far away as possible from the body while calling. For this reason:
• Use safe headsets. It seems that the kind having a plastic tube between the earpiece and the phone are best. Search on Google for tube + headset (or airtube) and you will find several alternatives.
• Use a loudspeaker phone, as your headset may not not always be avilable.

In short: Make only brief calls - seconds, not minutes - at minimum radiation.

B. Avoid other sources of microwave radiation

• Keep out of WiFi fields. If you have WiFi-based internet at home, get rid of it and use cable connection (ethernet). Some studies indicate that the WiFi irradiatoin is stronger than the producers maintain. And it is contiuous. Don't stay long in WiFi cafés. Don't take jobs where the internal network is WiFi-based. We are aware that this is becoming increasingly difficult, but by putting your attention on this, you can hopefully reduce the expostion significantly.
• Don't use cordless phones in your home. Their "base station", the charger/antenna, emits strong and continuous microwave radiation throughout the whole house. Use ordinary landlines only.
• Keep out of Mobile phone towers / base stations. Studies indicate an increased rate of diseases, including cancers, within about 400 m from them.

Please note that these measures don't eliminate the risk, they only reduce it.

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