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Could Cell Phones damage your child's health?

Got wireless? It has become increasingly popular for parents to wire children from head to toe with the latest in electronic gadgets, from IPods to cell phones.

Of nearly 2 billion users of cell phones in the world, 30 million are children and one third of these are younger than age 12. The communications industry is hooking children on cell phones, and they are the fastest growing segment of the cell phone market today. With provocative colors, interactive touch screens and personalized ring tones, cell phones are becoming irresistible to children at younger and younger ages.

A study of American children in 2007 reported that those from age 10 to17 admitted to an average of 3.75 hours of daily cell phone use, with many kids bragging of five hours or more! According to a survey of children conducted in the United Kingdom regarding cell phone use, 70% of those surveyed said they would not alter their cell phone use, even if recommended by the government. The dangerous divide between what is popular and what is safe for children could be catastrophic when it comes to future health problems attributed to cell phones. According to the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, children are particularly sensitive to EMFs (electromagnetic fields) emitted from cell phones due to their developing nervous systems, fragile brain tissue and smaller skeletons.

While cell phones may indeed make children safer in one way by giving them an immediate means of communication, here are just a few of the dangers of cell phones to children:

• Cell phones can affect hearing in children! According to research done by the American Academy of Otolaryngology, EMFs from cell phones can damage the inner ear, resulting in high frequency hearing loss.

• Cell phones can impair children’s vision! The eye lens of a ten year old child absorbs five times more radiation from cell phones than that of an adult. Microwaves from cell phones can cause eye lesions, tiny bubbles on the lens and a vision problem similar to cataracts, called eye lens opacity.

• Cell phones can damage a child’s brain! Brains scans have shown that microwave radiation from cell phones can penetrate deep into a child’s brain, crossing the blood-brain barrier. This allows chemicals from small blood vessels to leak into fragile brain tissue, causing oxidative stress and nerve damage.

• Cell phones can increase the chances of cancer in children! Some studies have shown that a ten minute cell phone call can cause changes in brain tissue that have been linked to abnormal cell division and cancer. The 1.75 million 8 and 9 year old children who are currently using cell phones will be at high risk for cancer in their teen years with only 30 minutes per day of use. Is equipping our children with all the latest in electronic gadgets really worth their health? Take the time to investigate the risks of cell phone use for your child – it may be a matter of life or death!

Bojan Schianetz, Environmental Engineer and Naturopath, is developing and promoting tools to protect and energize people. His phonetags you will find at www.PhoneProtected.com


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