How to protect yourself from your mobile phone

Mostly, people think about protecting mobile devices from kids, dirt, dust, water, hard work and fun play. But there is good reason to think about protecting users from their mobile phones and tablets.

Not that anyone expects that our mobile best buddies are going to turn on us. However it is an unavoidable fact that the benefits of mobile telephony and internet everywhere come with some risks, and one is the risk of electromagnetic radiation, or EMR.

Your mobile phone or tablet has an in-built antenna that enables it to communicate with mobile networks. These antennas emit radio frequency signals – a potentially harmful microwave frequency radiation that can be absorbed by the body.

·         In 2011, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that shows that just 50 minutes of mobile phone use affects brain activity in the area of brain closest to the phone.

·         In May 2011, scientific evidence indicating adverse health effects of mobile phone radiation prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to classify mobile phone radiation as “possibly carcinogenic to humans”, in the same category as lead and engine exhaust.

·         Recent studies have also shown that the current mobile phone certification process may substantially underestimate radiation absorption for most mobile phone users, especially children and smaller adults.

Mobile phone radiation is most intense in areas right next to the antenna, and it is this intense radiation that poses the greatest risk to users. The further you are away from your phone, the intensity of mobile phone radiation and your risk to exposure decreases.

In fact, mobile phone radiation is >100 times less intense at a distance of 10 cm away from the phone antenna compared to 1 cm. So as long as your children and other people stay at least a hand span away from your mobile device when in use, the radiation intensity they are exposed to is very low and should not raise any known health concerns.

Powered Life offers seven tips for users of mobile devices to reduce their exposure to electro magnetic radiation:

1.     Wait until a call has connected before placing the phone next to your ear, as the EMR emission is highest while the call is connecting.

2.     Use text or SMS communication wherever possible.

3.     Keep mobile phone calls brief – this will save you money and exposure to EMR.

4.     Try to avoid using a mobile phone against your head where the signal is weak or you are moving as the mobile phone is emitting higher radiation to gain or maintain contact with the network.

5.     Using the mobile device away from the body as much as possible. If you are a heavy user of the phone, consider using a handset, either bluetooth or wired, which means that the radiation emitting phone is placed further away from your head.

6.     Switch ears while you are talking on the phone, reducing the length of exposure to one side of your head at a time.

7.     Using a protective case such as those by Pong, with patented technology to deflect the EMR away from the user. The technology in Pong has been tested in US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-certified labs and proven to reduce your exposure to mobile phone radiation by up to 95% below the FCC limit, while optimising your mobile device’s signal strength. Other market “anti-radiation” cell phone products actually weaken the device’s signal making the device work harder and use more power as it struggles to communicate with the mobile network. This can increase the radiation exposure to the user, as well as shorten the battery life. In fact, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued warnings against the use of such products. Pong cases redirect and redistribute radiation, as opposed to reducing it. This is the key to their patented technology and the best way to effectively protect you from unnecessary radiation exposure.

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