Don’t substitute it with a cordless phone for long conversations. These have their own questionable health impacts. For example, digital cordless phones radiate continuously even when they’re not in use. [6] X Research source Liz Armstrong, Guy Dauncey, and Anne Wordsworth, Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic, p. 85, (2007), ISBN978-0-86571-542-4
Use texting more often than talking to keep the cell phone away from the head. However, even texting should be kept to a minimum. And keep the cell phone away from your body while emailing or texting. [8] X Research source Keep the phone away from you when dialing to connect. Phones use more radiation during connection time, so just watch the screen and then move the phone to listen once you’re sure the connection has occurred. [9] X Research source
A cell phone EMF protective device. These are small chips or buttons that are adhered to the phone reducing the impact of the transmitter signals. A screen type shield. This is a screen placed over the phone’s earpiece.
You can work out the rate of radio frequency being absorbed by the body by checking out the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for your brand of phone at the US FCC website here: http://transition. fcc. gov/cgb/sar/. Click on the brand names to see how your existing phone stacks up. The less fancy your phone, the less energy it needs to run, and the less radiation you’ll be exposed to. It may sound disappointing if you’re used to playing on your phone a lot but that’s what laptops, portable game consoles, and iPads are for!
