Grace+Editorial

 December 5, 2010

 ** Phone Radiation ** ** By: Grace Gonzalez **

 It has been said that talking on the phone may cause cancer or brain tumors. This is said because the phone emits a small number of radiation. Even though it is a small number it could possibly affect you. Most people aren't aware of this and we have to do something by letting people know this or by finding ways to prevent this.

 In some cases when you are going to buy a cell phone they may tell you how much radiation it emits. This rarely happens so, now people should ask how much radiation is emitted. Even though nothing severe has happened yet, we should still be concerned about this. According to the [|Environmental Working Group]. The phone that emits the lowest amount of radiation is the LG Quantum. The one that emits the highest level of radiation is the Motorola Bravo. Both of the service carriers are from AT&T.

 Things that can be done to prevent this is by talking less. The less you talk the less radiation is going into your ears. Also, instead of talking people can decide to text. Texting doesn't give off radiation which doesn't harm your ears. Something else people could do is use headsets of some kind to talk. These headsets give off less radiation. People could also put their calls on speaker, although this still gives off radiation it is not right on your ear. One last thing people could do is buy a phone that doesn't give off much radiation.

 According to [|Science Daily Journal], their was an international study done of whether or not phone usage led to brain cancer or brain tumors. The study was done over several years. They couldn't really come up with an answer. They did several studies on different number of people and could only come up with one explanation. Their study was called the Interphone study. The only thing they came up with was that you could have a small chance of getting brain cancer or brain tumors if you used the phone for more than 10 years. The chance of getting cancer even though you have used the phone more than 10 years is still small. The people who use the phone for more than 10 years have a higher risk of getting these brain tumors.

 The two major brain tumors involved with cell phones are Glioma and Acoustic neuroma. Both these tumors start in the brain. These two types of tumors are the main ones that are usually the ones associated with cell phones radiation. All those that they studied weren't exposed to these brain tumors or had any signs that they would get these brain tumors.

 So the best thing to do is to not expose the smaller kids of cell phones at a young age because they could possibly have a high risk of getting these tumors. We should also try to stay away from our phones for a while. We should all find our own way of doing this.