Sleeping near your mobile phone ‘could give you cancer’, health chiefs warn

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By Rob Waugh for Metro.co.uk

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Many of us use our mobile phones as an alarm clock, and keep it within reach all night – not to mention the third of us who actually check social media at night.

But is sleeping next to a mobile phone a bad idea?

Californian health chiefs have issued a warning that people should take steps to limit their exposure to mobile phone radiation – by keeping devices further from the body, and not sleeping next to them.

‘Although the science is still evolving, there are concerns among some public health professionals and members of the public regarding long-term, high use exposure to the energy emitted by cell phones,’ said California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith.

‘We know that simple steps, such as not keeping your phone in your pocket and moving it away from your bed at night, can help reduce exposure for both children and adults.’

Previous research by the CDPH found that people with certain kinds of brain tumour were more likely to have been phone users for 10 years or more – and that the tumours were often on the side of the head they used their phones.

Mobile phones emit radio frequency energy when they send and receive signals to and from towers – and this energy can ‘spike’ when a phone is struggling to get a signal, for instance on a train.

How to reduce your exposure

The CDPH guidelines advises that users can try:

- Keeping the phone away from the body

- Reducing cell phone use when the signal is weak

- Reducing the use of cell phones to stream audio or video, or to download or upload large files

- Keeping the phone away from the bed at night

- Removing headsets when not on a call

- Avoiding products that claim to block radio frequency energy. These products may actually increase your exposure.


Source: Metro News

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