Microwave Ovens, Mobile Telephony And Cancer Risk

Radio Frequency Fields (RF ) - Part 2

There are agreements about the maximum allowable magnitude by radiation emitted by microwave ovens. Even so, as the unit gets older and oven door seals go suffering the deterioration process, the radiation intensity increases abroad.

It is highly recommended to monitor the status of these together and stay ut of the oven during cooking.


Mobile phone radiation and health
Current mobile phone systems operate at frequencies between 800 and 1800 MHz This means that the waves emitted can cause adverse health effects . The most obvious is the heating of tissues.


It has not yet been shown that the rational use of mobile phones can lead to serious health problems ,but there are signs that seem to suggest the relationship between frequent cell phone use and brain tumors.


A recent study found that applying an RF field from similar frequency similar that used in mobile telephony, increased the cancer incidence in manipulated genetically mice. Such mice were placed at 65 cm from transmitting antenna RF.


Other studies have shown that mobile phone can cause changes in brain activity and reaction times also cause sleep disturbances.


Such radiation has been shown to be the cause of DNA damage in the rat nerve cells DNA in the laboratory. Nerve cells have little ability to repair DNA damage, thus the continuous radiation effects are going accumulating , as are being produced more genetic damage.


Particularly  the cumulative degeneration in brain cell DNA has been associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson 's, Alzheimer's or Huntington's. It is also associated with the occurrence of brain tumors.

It has also been found that these radiations affect the behavior, and are a recognized stressor agent. The radiation effects  are much smaller as the mobile phone is away from the ear, so it 's highly recommended to use the system of " hands-free ", or any other allowing away the phone antenna from our head.


As for antenna installations stations for mobile phones, they could also have an impact on health. These antennas are usually installed on top of buildings inhabited.


While the distance between the building inhabitants and the antennas is much larger than in the case of the phone, the first issued has much higher intensity.


Even so, radiation is much less, but there is an additional problem: while exposure in the case of the phone is limited to shorter or longer intervals at which the call is made, in the case of antennas, the exposure is continuous. If we add the possibility that the effects are cumulative, we deduce that the antennas effect can be quite harmful.


However , keep in mind that we are talking about a relatively recent invention tohave complete epidemiological data. Is still unknown the effect it can have in long-term the rational use of mobile phone , so we should exercise caution in this regard.

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