No one wants to get cancer. No one wants to have to go for treatment for cancer and no one wants to be led to believe they are "cancer free" when that's not the case. Cancer is in remission, never cured. I'm not a physician, but a psychologist, and I know that the very word "cancer" strikes fear into everyone's heart, so we have to begin to re-think our use of cell phone based on new information.
Year ago, cigarettes were seen as items that carried a sense of sophistication, helped people relax a bit in social situations and we were assured they were safe. In some cultures, cigarettes were even seen as "healthy." We now know, thanks to vigorous lawsuits and thousands of cigarette-related deaths, that cigarettes are anything but sophisticated or healthy. Plainly speaking, cigarettes kill.
The increasing use of cell phones for everything from everyday conversations to corporate conference calls has made cells an indispensable item in our daily lives. Kids can't seem to do without them, but here we know there's also an element of safety.
Walk down the street in any metropolitan area and you'll see people using their cells addictively. Some people seem incapable of not talking on a cell as they walk along. Psychologists might see this as either a protective device or a sign that the person is incapable of being "alone" in any sense of the word.
Cell phone radiation has been a concern for scientists for many years and now the attention being paid to it is heating up. A court in Italy this year awarded a worker a monthly pension after it was determined, by a physician, that he had developed a brain tumor secondary to cell phone usage. In Israel, another man who developed cancer in his ear was awarded a "humanitarian" claim by his company because they indicated that the World Health Organization had not found a link between cell phone use and cancer.
Literally, billions of hours are spent on cell phones all over the world and we have to wonder if they are safe when some research suggests otherwise. We must ask why there are more reported cases of brain cancer now than ever before.
Of course, any researcher will tell you that it may mean that more people are going for check-ups and the technology has advanced to the point where they are easily revealed. In prior years, people may have died with tumors but the cause of death was listed as something else. Not all tumors are cancerous.
In 2017, a lawsuit was filed by Joel Moskowitz, Director, Center for Family and Community Health at UC Berkeley School of Public Health regarding cell phone risk. No governmental standard for the level of risk associated with cell phone radiation has been established and the danger of bias or inaccuracy of measurement, research design, etc. are always to be carefully considered. Research with rats and other animals may not be sufficient for applying these findings to humans. Often, this can be the case. The question is often how much use and for how long before effects of radiation show up? The length of time may be as long as 20 years.
The moral of this story is: Use a cell phone, but use it wisely and take precautions. You will hear conflicting opinions on this because, as you may know, we are receiving radio waves constantly from our TVs, hair dryers, vacuum cleaners, microwaves and any number of other gadgets we use in our daily lives. But the sum total, while small, may be injurious. Who is to say how much is too much?
Anxiety, for whatever reason, is something all of us want to keep in check. If you are concerned about cell radiation possibilities related to cancer, there are several suggested ways to minimize any risk.
Scientists are suggesting that we:
- use headphones, earbuds or the speaker on our phones, for one thing
- keep your cell at least at arm's length when you have it lying near you
- don't sleep with your cell under your pillow or near your head
- don't put your cell into your bra
However the information or research turns out, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, especially when it comes to cancer risk.
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