It seems like everywhere a person goes there is at least one person in view with a cell phone to their ear whether it is on the road, in a store, in a parking lot, walking down the street, etc. Even in places where cell phone usage is banned such as concert halls or movie theaters there is the occasional offender, or morelikely, at least a few people using the text messaging feature on their phone. cell phone usage has exploded over the past decade and continues to rise.
Nearly two hundred million people in the United States have cell phone and there are well over one billion users worldwide. That means there are a lot of phonessending their frequencies over the airwaves at any given time. Concern has arisen over whether or not cell phone usage can harm a person’s health. Brain cancer rates in the United States have risen since cell phone were introduced, leading some people to wonder if cell phone usage is the reason for the increase. There have been reports of people developing brain tumors in the exact same spot where they held their cell phone . Some studies have expressed concern over long-term cell phone use, believing it can lead to a person to develop cancer. That is not to say a person who uses a cell phone is going to get cancer, but some studies suggest long-term use increases a person’s risk. Things may not be all gloom and doom however.
A large study done in Denmark with almost a half million cell phone users showed no increase in cancer for cell phone users. Yet, other studies have concluded there is a greater risk of cancer but only with analog phone users. Some other studies conclude that any type of cell phone usage can raise a person’s risk for developing cancer. There are a lot of varying opinions on the subject.
According to the FDA, available data does not show there are definitely health problems associated with using wirelessphones, but the information goes on to say that there is also no proof that wireless phones are completely safe either.
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