Children more susceptible if they use cellphones at early age.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: New research has reinvigorated the notion that cell phones can give you cancer.
According to the findings of a new study that was published in the Electromagnetic Biology & Medicine journal, the radio frequency radiation that is emitted by wireless and mobile technology is linked to certain kinds of cancers and other health risks.
“These data are a clear sign of the real risks this kind of radiation poses for human health,” study author Igor Yakymenko said.
Yakymenko’s meta-study — which is essentially a study of hundreds of other studies — reveals many findings of previous researchers into how radiofrequency from your phone can damage DNA, reported the Daily News. The damage can add up over time and cause a variety of health problems, like cancer, headaches, fatigue and even skin problems.
The research was conducted by a team at the National University for Food Technologies of Ukraine. According to Mobile Commerce Press, researchers stated that the radiofrequency radiation (RFR) exposure leads to oxidative stress that can cause more minor irritations such as skin problems, fatigue, headache, and others, or more severe medical problems such as cancers.
Yakymenko says we should be on alert because ailments can take up to 30 years to develop.
“(Our) data were obtained on adults who used cell phones mostly up to 10 years as adults,” he said. “The situation can dramatically differ for children who use cells phone in childhood, when their biology much more sensitive to hazardous factors, and will use it over the life.”