Widespread concerns have been raised about the possibility that exposure to the radiofrequency(RF) fields from mobile phones could affect people's health. This has been a topic of many discussions in societies across the world where high levels of cell phone usage occurs. WHO (The World Heath Organization) published a Factsheet entitled "Electromagnetic Fields and Public Health: Mobile Phones and their Base Stations". WHO investigated whether the RF fields from cell phones cause any harmful health related problems.
The greatest public concern has been that exposure to RF fields causes cancer. Some studies have shown a link between RF exposure with leukaemia and brain tumours. Other health outcomes following RF exposure include: headaches, short-term memory loss, nausea, changes in the central nervous system functions, sleep disturbances, insomnia, rashes of the skin, difficulty concentrating, dizziness and in some cases chromosome changes.
In conclusion to its investigation WHO expressed that the very low exposure levels from cell phones and research results collected, show that there is no convincing scientific evidence that the weak RF signals cause adverse health effects. We hope that in future this will still be the same conclusion.
2 comments:
Excess consumption of food can have side effects to the human body, hence cellphones have become a part of our lives or an extension of our bodies and so they have to be some side effects of over using them.
This is quite concerning because I am always with my cell phone and I often have headaches. Yes, maybe what we eat can have an effect on our health but with all the cell phones around us these days I don't want to imagine the damage it is causing!
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