serious question? i never talk on my phone just text so the cell phone is never very close to my brain i am assuming this is better then talking on the phone all the time?
It's better, but if you just text, you should turn off cellular data also. With cellular data on, the phone is constantly chatting with the network, updating apps, checking the status of all your subscriptions etc. This chatter creates more radiation. If you turn off cellular data, then the phone only transmits occasional location updates, and it only really talks with the network when you send the text.
Remember to turn off all other radios too. Most phones today have both WiFi and Bluetooth. Both need to be turned off, to make sure you are not getting unnecessary exposure.
Finally it's a bad idea to ever wear the phone on you. Any electronic device, whether it is communicating with the cellular network or not, emits electromagnetic radiation. This is basic physics: if you have a device, and inside it there are electrons moving, meaning it is using electricity in some way, it will produce electromagnetic radiation.
This is the law of physics: any moving charge (electron), creates an electromagnetic field around it. Your phone is a computer that uses electricity, therefore it will always have a field around it. This field is disruptive to your biology. Fortunately it does not radiate far, but keeping it in your pocket is not the best option. Putting it in your backpack for example when commuting, is much better.
If you want to "see" (or hear) these fields, buy a cheap old school AM radio. You can get them on eBay for under $10 bucks. Put the radio on the AM frequency band. Tune it to somewhere where there is silence. Then bring the radio close to your phone, computer, electrical outlet, charger, or any other electrical appliance, and you will hear the amount of crap these things radiate.
A scattered wave (by the time it reaches you it's gone through the atmosphere and been subject to Rayleigh scattering) and a stable field are two entirely different things and that feels obvious from where I'm sitting.
1) Sunlight is 430–770 THz, and does not penetrate deep into your body. Microwaves are 300 MHz to 300 GHz and penetrates all your tissues.
2) Sunlight is not pulsed and modulated. Biological experiments show that it is the pulsing that is the most harmful component.
3) Sunlight has existed on this planet since all biological life. Therefore all life has adapted to it. For example, plants use it for photosynthesis, we use it for Vitamin D production. Man-made RF has existed on this planet for less than 200 years. There has been no biological adaptation. Pulsed digital microwaves and RF radiation has existed for less than 100 years.
4) Sunlight goes away every night when you sleep. Man-made RF is 24/7.
They are not the same, and anyone claiming such things, have not looked at any of the published science on RF and biology. You can start here:
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Doglegwarrior ago
serious question? i never talk on my phone just text so the cell phone is never very close to my brain i am assuming this is better then talking on the phone all the time?
qwop ago
It's better, but if you just text, you should turn off cellular data also. With cellular data on, the phone is constantly chatting with the network, updating apps, checking the status of all your subscriptions etc. This chatter creates more radiation. If you turn off cellular data, then the phone only transmits occasional location updates, and it only really talks with the network when you send the text.
Remember to turn off all other radios too. Most phones today have both WiFi and Bluetooth. Both need to be turned off, to make sure you are not getting unnecessary exposure.
Finally it's a bad idea to ever wear the phone on you. Any electronic device, whether it is communicating with the cellular network or not, emits electromagnetic radiation. This is basic physics: if you have a device, and inside it there are electrons moving, meaning it is using electricity in some way, it will produce electromagnetic radiation.
This is the law of physics: any moving charge (electron), creates an electromagnetic field around it. Your phone is a computer that uses electricity, therefore it will always have a field around it. This field is disruptive to your biology. Fortunately it does not radiate far, but keeping it in your pocket is not the best option. Putting it in your backpack for example when commuting, is much better.
If you want to "see" (or hear) these fields, buy a cheap old school AM radio. You can get them on eBay for under $10 bucks. Put the radio on the AM frequency band. Tune it to somewhere where there is silence. Then bring the radio close to your phone, computer, electrical outlet, charger, or any other electrical appliance, and you will hear the amount of crap these things radiate.
lipids ago
Sunlight is electromagnetic radiation. Best not ever turn on any lights either.
RodentLord ago
A scattered wave (by the time it reaches you it's gone through the atmosphere and been subject to Rayleigh scattering) and a stable field are two entirely different things and that feels obvious from where I'm sitting.
qwop ago
1) Sunlight is 430–770 THz, and does not penetrate deep into your body. Microwaves are 300 MHz to 300 GHz and penetrates all your tissues.
2) Sunlight is not pulsed and modulated. Biological experiments show that it is the pulsing that is the most harmful component.
3) Sunlight has existed on this planet since all biological life. Therefore all life has adapted to it. For example, plants use it for photosynthesis, we use it for Vitamin D production. Man-made RF has existed on this planet for less than 200 years. There has been no biological adaptation. Pulsed digital microwaves and RF radiation has existed for less than 100 years.
4) Sunlight goes away every night when you sleep. Man-made RF is 24/7.
They are not the same, and anyone claiming such things, have not looked at any of the published science on RF and biology. You can start here:
https://bioinitiative.org/conclusions/
steven_feelsperg ago
Thank you for correcting the snarky shill.