Dear student
 
Mobile phones have brought revolution in human life. Before the invention of mobile phones very few people would have imagined that in future they would have instrument like a mobile phone. But this great invention has brought with itself many health hazards. The problem is that mobile phones are still too new to know the long-term effects on human. Mobile phones are operational on radio frequency, which ranges from 100MHz to 300GHz. But so do other appliances. Why do mobiles specially considered hazardous? It took time to ascertain whether the radio frequency emissions from mobiles cause health effect or not.

People who are using mobiles while driving vehicles is the only risk that can be proven to be dangerous and risks life. Technology devises another way to be dangerous and risks life. Technology devices another way to get around this problem by using hands-free sets. But now the question is to do those hands-free sets rally solve the problem? Researchers now are looking at if the hands-free sets don’t cause other problems. A report from the magazine claims that hands-free kits raised levels of radiation to the head from mobile phones by up to three and a half times. The consumer association immediately stressed that it had done no research into this whether this radiation could cause any kind of damage to the brain. That just proves that whenever there has been research a report is released to prove that research wrong. Probably is done not to create any chaos.

Brain tumors are also associated with the use of mobile phones; they say this because there was found to be more tumours of the same kind amongst mobile phone users. Mobiles cause memory loss, radiation sickness. Mobiles can alter your sleep pattern, according to the researchers from the University of Zurich, mobile phones enhances brain activity during our sleep. A strange result of the use of mobile phones is that mobile phones can release the poisonous mercury from fillings causing brain damage, scientist say this is due to the electrical fields given off by mobile phones can activate the mercury, giving off a gas. The fumes reach the nervous system causing conditions from depression, asthma to Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Some studies also proposed links between radio frequency radiation and lymphoma, microwaves and memory loss, mobile phone use and a rare type of brain cancer, mobile phone radiation and DNA destruction, and mobile phone use and damaged scalp nerves.

The World Health Organisation has asked for more and more research, but all the time and money spent results in the same answer over and over again. When the press publishes such reports, that these studies came up without result the scientists will report that their data suggest it is unlikely mobile phones cause cancer, perhaps even highly unlikely. They will admit that they cannot rule out the ill effects of mobile phone use. This may satisfy the public, until a counter report is published. If these studies can identify a mechanism that causes the brain tumours, we have a real public health threat on our hands and the authorities are put into action.

It is certain that one cannot enjoy technology any more without its harmful side effects, causing a slow death. If mobile phones are questioned now, when will it be stopped? Will microwaves, electric blankets, or televisions be next in the line? Is technology taking enough and necessary precautions to improve the mobile phones? To try and make the radiation that is sent out as harmless as possible, in the mean time before the technological level is high enough to do so, experts have made reports to reduce the amount of radiation. They recommend things like: reduction of time spent using the mobile phone.

Factors, which can effect how people perceive how risky new technology is that no one really knows what the long-term effects are, and until that is certain people will still, be looking for new possibilities. If no immediate link is put between all the risks and the real effect of mobile phones on humans, then using mobile is absolutely fine.