With more and more studies and research showing a link between mobile phone radiation and male infertility – as well as cancer and tumours – why isn’t the issue more well known?
A mobile network operator has removed a mobile phone mast locals have blamed for the deaths of five people from cancer. Although EE deny the mast was responsible, after a seventeen year campaign that went all the way to Parliament, the mast was decommissioned and has now been taken down.
A huge study just published on the effects of mobile phone use in pregnancy has just been published with “surprising” findings.
News from Italy where a man sued for social security payment after having developed a brain tumour. The court decided the mobile was at fault and had caused the tumour plus it ordered the payments of about 7,500 euros a year. The tumour was benign but still caused the loss of hearing in one ear.
For many people the furthest their phone is away from them is when they are doing something phone-unfriendly, like taking a shower. Even then there are gadgets that will let you take your phone in the shower or bath with you.
Stop what you are doing for a moment and look around you. Where is your mobile phone? If you are anything like most people it will be close by. Probably within arm’s reach or on your body in a pocket or bag.
Our phones are an all-in-one device for everything we need. They have our clocks including alarms and timers, our calendars, all our social connections, our banking, networking, TV, music players and radio, word processing, work programs and other entertainment needs.
Mobile phones have also been rapidly overtaking digital cameras.
Were you one of the 7.5 million people watching the riveting conclusion of Line of Duty on Sunday night?
Mobile phones played a big part in the case. From “burner” phones to mobile phone tracking to check suspects’ movements. It’s a reminder of how big a feature mobile phone tracking is in police work. But how does it work, and what might be the side effects?
We humans like to think of ourselves as rational creatures. Homo sapiens – wise man. But in many ways we are creatures of habit, instinct and desire – not logic and rationality. Nowhere is this more in evidence than when it comes to our health. Over the years people have indulged in vices they know are bad for them and avoided things they know are of benefit.
With all the press coverage and law making it is easy to miss an important part of the picture: that those cell towers exist to serve a little antenna that is most likely within arms’ reach of you right now. It seems to be easier to get upset about the big, visible towers but forget about the miniature versions we keep in our pockets and on our bedside tables, by our sides all day and night.
