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Cell Phone radiation - where is your phone?
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09-10-2009, 08:41 AM
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Cell Phone radiation - where is your phone?
I'm sure most of us caught on the news that a report from the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit watchdog group, on Cell Phone Radiation was recently released.
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I looked to see where my phone was and it is in the top 5%. 
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"Sandstorms inflict damage of about $540 million per year, and losses of crops and forests due to acid rain amount to about $730 million per year. More serious are the $6 billion costs of the "green wall" of trees being built to shield Beijing against sand and dust, and the $7 billion per year of losses created by pest species. We enter the zone of impressive numbers when we consider the onetime cost of the 1996 floods ($27 billion, but still cheaper than the 1998 floods), the annual direct losses due to desertification ($42 billion), and the annual losses due to water and air pollution ($54 billion). The combination of the latter two items alone costs China the equivalent of 14% of its GDP each year." - Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed |
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09-11-2009, 07:24 AM
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Eh, we're all going to die eventually.
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09-11-2009, 07:28 AM
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Everything causes cancer nowadays anyway..
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09-11-2009, 07:31 AM
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2002 WJ
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I'll take my chances. I haven't gotten cancer from using a microwave, not wearing sunscreen, drinking bottled water, living near power lines, using artificial sweetners, smoking cigars......this could be a long list.
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09-11-2009, 07:52 AM
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Yikes why do the newer phones, like blackberrys have ridiculous radiation. Mine is 1.51
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09-11-2009, 08:05 AM
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"Sandstorms inflict damage of about $540 million per year, and losses of crops and forests due to acid rain amount to about $730 million per year. More serious are the $6 billion costs of the "green wall" of trees being built to shield Beijing against sand and dust, and the $7 billion per year of losses created by pest species. We enter the zone of impressive numbers when we consider the onetime cost of the 1996 floods ($27 billion, but still cheaper than the 1998 floods), the annual direct losses due to desertification ($42 billion), and the annual losses due to water and air pollution ($54 billion). The combination of the latter two items alone costs China the equivalent of 14% of its GDP each year." - Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed |
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09-11-2009, 08:28 AM
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More than anything a BlackBerry is a business tool, not a toy. It must work through building materials that attenuate its signal. Therefore, it is going to have a high amount of radiation.
I have been using a Razr for years. I plan to get a new one soon because my present Razr has a weak battery and has exterior signs of wear. It was great to read this phone has low radiation. As an extra precaution, when I am not traveling I keep my cell phone far from me and turned off wherever possible. |
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09-11-2009, 08:46 AM
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09-11-2009, 08:50 AM
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Plus, cell phones today are mini-computers, thereby demanding far more signal than ever before for both voice and data. This adds to the amount of radiation.
Thankfully, I rarely talk on my iPhone. I mainly use it for data. |
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09-11-2009, 09:27 AM
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09-11-2009, 09:33 AM
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Yeah whenever I'm driving because I don't have cupholders my cell phone is normally in between my legs......oops.
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09-11-2009, 09:35 AM
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I don't think sterility is a concern from non-ionizing radiation.
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"Sandstorms inflict damage of about $540 million per year, and losses of crops and forests due to acid rain amount to about $730 million per year. More serious are the $6 billion costs of the "green wall" of trees being built to shield Beijing against sand and dust, and the $7 billion per year of losses created by pest species. We enter the zone of impressive numbers when we consider the onetime cost of the 1996 floods ($27 billion, but still cheaper than the 1998 floods), the annual direct losses due to desertification ($42 billion), and the annual losses due to water and air pollution ($54 billion). The combination of the latter two items alone costs China the equivalent of 14% of its GDP each year." - Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed |
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09-11-2009, 09:37 AM
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1996 XJ Cherokee
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Well, check off another cancer that I will get.
Us firefighters have got it hard, lung cancer, mouth cancer, prostate cancer, brain cancer. Cancer related to chemical spills.....
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09-11-2009, 09:50 AM
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I'll unpimp your auto...
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I stick
mine between my legs in the car, is that bad??? Or in a chest pocket...
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09-11-2009, 10:52 AM
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 As soon as I heard about this I flushed away my cell phone down the toilet and started drinking bottled water and almost bought one of them "dumb smart cars".....but then I woke up and relieved myself.
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