Radiation exposure from your phone?!

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With all this talk about japan leaking radiation from there melting nuclear reactor's I thought I might take a moment to educate to people here about the common sources of radiation that you encounter on a daily basis. one in particular your cell phone.

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I have given some thought to this article. And have a personal note to add to this. I keep my phone in my purse and hold it under my arm which puts my phone right by my right breast in the exact spot where a lump has been found. I am in the process of finding out whether or not it is cancerous . perhaps its a coincidence but something to consider none the less.

So if your worried about radiation exposure and the risks it poses to your health you should consider the radiation you encounter in your daily life.

Other sources include to much sun exposure and tanning beds.

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The radiation from nuclear power plants is different from the radiation from your phone.

"Radiation" refers to energy on the electromagnetic spectrum. This includes radio waves, and visible light as well, the later of which is about 400-700 nanometers in wavelength, with 700 nanometers being infrared/red, and 400 nanometers being violet/the visible portion of ultra violet.

Wavelength smaller than 400 nanometers consist of UV light, then x-rays, then high energy ionizing radiation such as gamma rays. It's called ionizing radiation because it has enough energy to knock electrons off of atoms, causing the molecule which the atom is part of to become unstable.

Radiation from nuclear power plants and naturally radioactive elements is ionizing radiation.

Wavelengths shorter than radio wavelengths but longer than infrared wavelengths are called microwaves because...well they are a few micrometers long.

These wavelengths have advantages both in communication and cooking food. They are able to cook food when they are blasted at high enough amplitudes because they cause water molecules to vibrate, and heat is actually a result of molecular vibration.

Cell phones transmit low amplitude microwaves, far less in amplitude than a microwave oven, however over the past few years, they have raised health concerns because their biological effect is poorly understood.

No one's died of phone radiation yet so I don't think it's anything to be concerned about. It's just some scaremongering crap. If all this "ZOMG MOBILE PHONES ARE DANGEROUSSS" stuff is true, then most girls would all be riddled with cancers by the time they've finished their teens .