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| Healthy use of Mobile Phone |
 Mobile Phones are here to stay, they are a part of every day life. Nearly everyone in the population now owns a mobile phone. Many people have health concerns about mobile phones. Just following the guidelines below can reduce your exposure to radiation.
Be sure to educate your children. They have a lifetime of mobile phones ahead and by understanding these issues early, they can adjust their behaviour in the most healthy way possible.
- Keep your mobile calls short!!
- Try not to have long conversations on your mobile. If possible, try to use a land line phone for long calls. Use texts rather than conversations if possible for short communications.
- Keep your eye on the network signal strength
- Try to use your phone when the reception is strong. This is often indicated by bars of energy on your phone screen. When you have weak reception, this causes the phone to use more energy to communicate with the base station. If you live in an area of weak reception, then try to use your land line for calls whenever possible.
- Connecting a call uses peak handset power!!
- When you press the button to make a call, the mobile phone will start emitting at full power to make the connection. Count to 5 before putting the phone against your head as the connection is being established. When the connection is made, the power required will rapidly drop and the emitted EMF radiation will be substantially lower.
- Make the phone biologically safer with CMO protection
- Remember that the ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) radiation is now believed to be the ‘bio-active’ radiation and potentially much more biologically significant than the microwaves which are regulated. Fitting a CMO device to compensate the ELF radiation is a smart move. (Remember these are FREE with all mobiles bought from Healthy Phones)
- Use a hands free kit.
- Using a hands free kit substantially reduces the exposure to radiation. Research shows that a typical Bluetooth ear-piece device may give an order of 1,000x less radiation than a handset. If you can use a Bluetooth device, it is sensible to do so.
- Keep your mobile phone away from your body when it is in standby mode
- You should try to avoid carrying your mobile phone on your person. Place the phone in your briefcase, handbag or on a table rather than in a pocket or on a belt. Reducing proximity to radiation is important in mitigating its affect.
- Don’t sleep with your mobile too close.
- If possible, don’t sleep with your mobile on the side table or within close range. Try to place a distance of at least 2m between you and the phone at night. During the night, the phone will continue to communicate with the phone network and you don’t need to be exposed so close while you sleep.
- Careful in the car.
- If you regularly use the mobile phone in the car, get a car kit installed with an external antenna. The metal structure of the cars acts like a faraday cage, trapping the radiation within your immediate environment. By using an external antenna, this largely eliminates this risk.
Here are some links to government advice web sites.
NHS Direct
Mobile Phone Safety
Department of Health Leaflet Download
Mobiles Phones and Health
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