Cell Phone exposure in pregnancy and babies
It seems I'm always hearing about new research on how cell phones can be hazardous...especially to children and babies.See more on environmental toxins and threats to fertility and pregnancy at: getpregnantover40.com
If you're pregnant, keep your cell phone in your purse, and only use it when absolutely necessary. This article explains more:
The authors included some disturbing data in an appendix available only online. These showed that subjects who used a cellphone 10 or more years doubled the risk of developing brain gliomas, a type of tumor.
The 737 minutes that we talk on cellphones monthly, on average, according to the C.T.I.A., makes today’s typical user indistinguishable from the heavy user of 10 years ago. Ms. Davis recommends keeping a phone out of close proximity to the head or body, by using wired headsets or the phone’s speaker. Children should text rather than call, she said, and pregnant women should keep phones away from the abdomen.
The F.C.C. concurs about the best way to avoid exposure. It is not by choosing a phone with a marginally lower SAR, it says, but rather by holding the cellphone “away from the head or body.”
from:
www.nytimes.com
