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The report states that your risk of getting a parotid tumor on the same side of your head that you use for listening to the mobile phone increases by . . .
34% if you are a regular cell phone user and have used a mobile phone for 5 years.
58% if you had more than 5,479 calls in your life-time.
49% if you have spoken on the phone for more than 266.3 hours during your life-time.
47% if you have used a mobile phone for 5 years or more and have had more than 5,479 calls in your life-time.
50% if you have used a mobile phone for 5 years or more and have spoken on the phone for more than 266.
Originally posted by x2Strongx
Luckily, I have been using a Bluetooth...
Originally posted by Zot Twady
Originally posted by x2Strongx
Luckily, I have been using a Bluetooth...
I noticed recently that the frequency the bluetooth operates on could boil water if it were much stronger...the fact that it's jammed into your ear, and we're mostly water makes me wonder how much better it is for long term health risks.
“The FCC limit for the head (SAR of 1.6 W/kg) is just two-and-a-half times lower than the level that caused behavioral changes in animals (SAR of 4 W/kg),” says the representative. “Thus, the brain receives a high exposure, even though the brain may well be one of the most sensitive parts of human body … and should have more protection.”
reply to post by fbnks
I had a friend tell me once, if you put a bowl of popcorn in the middle if 10 people, and each one of those people calls another cell phone in a room, it generates enough radiation to pop the popcorn.
Honest to God - I can't wait for the day that modern civilization just collapses completely and we can go back to the way God designed it to be - living off the land