Mobile etiquette

1. Most important: avoid calling close to other people

Because of the established harmfulness of mobile radiation it is not polite and considerate to use mobiles in situations where other people have to stay close to you. Therefore, we suggest the following guidelines:

Don't call in situations where people cannot withdraw:

In elevators especially as the radiation is often very strong here
In queues
In restaurants
In meetings, conferences and lectures
In cinemas, theatres, music shows and similar
In all kinds of vehicles where you travel with others. This includes:
- busses,
- subways,
- trams,
- trains,
- aeroplanes also after landing
- cars
You should be especially restrictive here, as the radiation is increased because the metal walls reflect it. See for example "Trains 'trap' mobile phone radiation" (BBC Health), quote:
"Research carried out by scientists in Japan suggests that using a mobile phone inside a train carriage could have serious health risks for other passengers."

Don't call close to especially delicate people

Don't call close to pregnant women. A very large study has proven that mobile phone radiation harms fetuses, (Se "Using a mobile phone while pregnant can seriously damage your baby" )
Don't call close to children. They have a thinner skull and their brain is therefore exposed to a greater extent.

If you are in doubt about these rules, you will certainly change your mind after reading our website carefully.

2. Some general recommendations

If you are speaking with a business contact or friend, it is very annoying if you reply to a phone call and start speaking with someone else about a matter that very obviously is neither urgent nor important. Go a few meters away, reply very briefly and say you will call later. And apologize to the person you are together with.
If you get a call from an important contact, while speaking to someone, don't just start speaking. In stead, apologize and explain that you have to take this call and will make it as short as possible. And before you start speaking, go a few meters away.
Turn off the cellphone at lectures and other public performances.
Don't wear the bluetooth device or earphone while speaking to others. Otherwise people will not know if you are really listening to them or the phone, which may cause bad feelings.
If you really have to reply to a call in a public place, speak quietly so that you don't disturb others.

Some other etiquette guides

The links below have some good additional points. Unfortunately, not all of them are updated about the strong evidence of the harmfulness of cellphone radiation, which makes it important not to force people to get "passive irradiation" by being close to you during a call.