My dad keeps telling me to stop talking on my cellphone cause he says it causes cancer?

Question

is it true cus i spend 1-3 hours on my phone everyday

Answer 1

You cant stop being around cellphones ever. =\ But you can turn yours off at night, saves battery and reduces exposer to it.

Answer 2

sounds like your going to be a future brain cancer victim at the rate your going.

yeah theyve been doing alot of tests lately, its shown that they can cause cancer

Answer 3

he's probably just doing that so that you'll get off your phone. my mom does stuff like that.  

Answer 4

there have been suggestions of cellphone causing cancer but that has not yet been established until today.  

Answer 5

the idea that cellphone causes cancer comes from the fact that they produce high frequency waves just like radios and t.v, people started saying that having these waves to close to your head could cause cancer. However, most scientists agree that the amplitude of these waves is too big to be able to produce a mutation in a single cell from your body, so cellphones are UNlikely to produce cancer

Answer 6

Yes the microwaves are dangerous over a long period of time.

You ever notice the signs in the dentist and doctors offices that a woman should tell the doctor that she is pregnant before getting a x-ray? It is because the x-ray machine emitts microwaves. If it can harm a unborn baby then it can harm you!

Answer 7

na, theyre doing a study on it and all the old people who watch the news automatically think its true. why dont you start texting more then calling?

Answer 8

what doesn't cause cancer?

Answer 9

The problem arises because radio waves are being transmitted very close to your brain. It is thought that this could cause problems in the long term: radio waves are similar to X-rays, which definitely cause cancer. We shan't know for sure until cellphones have been around for longer . . by which time it will be too late for those affected.

It would be safer to use a landline phone, or a videoconferencing system like Windows Live Messenger. The software for WLM is free, and has the advantage that you can see each other while you chat.

Obviously there are times when your cellphone is the only option, but I try to use mine as little as possible. Texting is much safer because the phone's not so near your brain.