Your cellphone is killing you

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/12/your_cellphone_is_killing_you_what_people_dont_want_you_to_know_about_electromagnetic_fields/

by ghosh • 12 years ago

6 5 12 years ago

salon.com

greenyoda• 12 years ago

"many of us are holding high-powered microwave transmitters—in the form of cell phones—directly against our heads"

The typical power output of a mobile phone is around 100 milliwatts, with the transmitting power varying depending on how far you are from the cell tower and other parameters. That doesn't really qualify as a "high-powered" transmitter. (What's your microwave oven then? A weapon of mass destruction?)

Now, it's possible that low-level microwave radiation can have adverse effects on health, but starting an article with this kind of overblown sensationalism doesn't bode well for its overall credibility.

xellisx• 12 years ago

Hasn't this myth been busted 100 times over.

unicornporn• 12 years ago

What myth?

itsame• 12 years ago

Something that always annoys me about these articles is the ambiguity behind what constitutes "usage". Idling in pocket (but actively connected to phone network)? Data, text, or voice calls? Voice calls using phone directly to ear, wired headset, or wireless (Bluetooth) headset?

Judging by most articles I've seen, the studies appear to be very typically limited to voice calls using the phone directly to ear, which isn't a common use case in for me.

madhuprasanna• 12 years ago

True. If a cell phone (with data disabled) is in network standby mode then the paging involves only reception and never a transmission.

Your cellphone is killing you

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