13 Ways to Protect Yourself from Cell Phone Radiation

By Pamela Weintraub, Experience Life

Life without cell phones and other wireless conduits has become nearly unthinkable, but a growing chorus of experts now worries that our near constant immersion in these force fields could be endangering our health.

We are exposed “to as much as 100 million times more electromagnetic radiation than our grandparents were,” notes Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD, author of Zapped: Why Your Cell Phone Shouldn’t Be Your Alarm Clock and 1,268 Ways to Outsmart the Hazards of Electronic Pollution (HarperOne, 2010).

Worry intensified this year after the World Health Organization (WHO) analyzed the data and called cell phones a possible carcinogen. The jury is still out on the range of possible effects, but a raft of studies now links EMFs — especially those from cell phones carried close to our bodies — to brain tumors, damaged DNA, fertility problems and autism.

With cell-phone usage surging from a hundred million people worldwide in 1997 to some 5 billion today, even small increases in risk could pose a serious global threat. A Council of Europe committee has even warned that EMFs might bring about a health crisis comparable to those once spawned by smoking and asbestos.

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Sun F.

8:10PM PST on Jan 7, 2012

Active protection is what we need. Through my interest in hi fidelity, I got to know the Schumann Resonance, and thereafter: http://blushield.us/products.htm
Blushield is a Schumann resonance emitter. It has totally changed me and my family's life.
Info and research about Schumann Resonance: http://www.neilcherry.com/documents.php

I now have a Blushield plug in at home, a BlushieldUsb at the work station and a Blushield portable when I travel.

Check it out people.

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Sheri P.

4:28PM PST on Dec 26, 2011

Thanks for the info...

Chad A.

11:15PM PST on Dec 25, 2011

I have been dragged, kicking and screaming, to the cell phone and sure wish I could do away with it altogether. Thanks for ideas to minimize the negative impact.

Belinda M.

10:11AM PST on Dec 22, 2011

Whoops! Sorry, commented on the wrong article!

10:10AM PST on Dec 22, 2011

Better yet, get your own set of chopsticks and re-use them.

Eternal G.

5:59PM PST on Dec 20, 2011

Abstinence...

Danuta W.

1:04AM PST on Dec 20, 2011

Thanks for the informative article.

Barbara D.

5:31PM PST on Dec 19, 2011

4. Try not to use your cell phone in elevators, cars, trains or planes. Cell phones draw more power, and emit more radiation, in enclosed metal spaces.

Alright, yet another reason, NOT to talk and drive.

Kamakshi R.

8:11PM PST on Dec 18, 2011

Thanks.

Nancy P.

3:40PM PST on Dec 18, 2011

Interesting article....