The use of cellphones may be associated with an increase in brain cancer and related tumors

Article in AskWoody Plus – 18.30.0 – 2021-08-09 – The sheriff in the inbox 

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Is your smartphone giving you brain cancer?

By Brian Livingston

A group of scientists and researchers is actively promoting findings that the use of smartphones is associated with an increase in brain cancer and related tumors.

Joel Moskowitz, director of the Center for Family and Community Health at the University of California, Berkeley, told the Berkeley News on July 1: "More than 250 scientists ... have signed the International EMF Scientist Appeal, which calls for health warnings and stronger exposure limits." He added that the new 5G standard, which is replacing the old 4G network, "is an even bigger reason for concern."

 Whether or not you fear cancer, you can cut the risk of using cellphones to almost zero

To reduce your cancer likelihood to an absolute minimum, you can easily take the following steps (from Moskowitz's Berkeley News interview):

• Reduce your use of cellphone transceivers and cordless phones. Turn off your smartphone's cellular data and use Wi-Fi calling whenever you're in an area with strong and secure Wi-Fi, such as your home or workplace. Use a landline when possible.
• Use texts, a phone's speaker, or wired headphones. Keeping a smartphone 10 inches (25cm) from your body instead of one-tenth of an inch reduces your radiation exposure to 1/10,000th as much as when it's pressed against your head. When moving about, store your phone in a bag or purse. If you must carry a phone in your pocket, temporarily turn on airplane mode, which disables the transceiver and sends your incoming calls to voicemail.
• Avoid using a phone when it has a weak signal of only one or two bars. Phones increase their radiation to complete calls where the signal is poor, such as inside an elevator or a car.

A much bigger threat that smartphones pose to your life is to use one while you're driving. More than 38,000 people in the US alone were killed in car crashes in 2020. Cell-phone use was involved in 14% of those fatal crashes, according to an Erie Insurance analysis.