Mobile Phones and Health Effects

By: - Jasim Alam Vivek AnandIndian Institute of Forest Management

Outline

Mobile Growth

Electromagnetic

hazards

Specific Absorption Rate SAR

Health Effects

What we can do?

Conclusion

Mobile Growth

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Chart Title

Subscribes in millions

Electromagnetic Hazards The electromagnetic hazard can be divided into

two parts:

Thermal

health

hazards

Non-therm

al health hazar

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Electromagnet

ic Hazard

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Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)The rate at which radiation is absorbed by the human body is measured by the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR).

Health Effects Headache Sleep disturbances Sickness Amnesia Loss of mental attention Fatigue Dizziness

What we can do? Save your lengthy phone

conversations for a telephone (landline).

Change to a mobile phone that has its antenna outside the vehicle.

Use a headset and place the phone away from your body.

Find out how much SAR energy is emitted from the mobile phone.

Conclusion

There are some evidences that microwave exposure from mobile phones causes cancer.

There are some conclusive evidence that such exposure accelerates the growth of an already-existing cancer.

More research on this issue needs to be carried out.

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