Remedies for Cellphone-Cancer Concerns

Now that the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has declared cellphones “possibly carcinogenic,” that is, apt to cause brain cancer, it’s worth reviewing ways to limit your exposure without resorting to a lead fedora.

Let’s start with the easiest first. Your brain won’t be exposed to electromagnetic fields if you don’t hold the phone to your ear. Get a wired (not Bluetooth because of the radio waves) headset, and the problem is solved.

You can do more, though. You can monitor your exposure using an app called Tawkon, available for some Android and Blackberry phones in their respective app stores. You can get the app for the iPhone, but because the iTunes store doesn’t carry it, the app is only available by “jail breaking” your phone, which can void the warranty.
Tawkon tracks how much radiation your phone is is putting out, then charts your exposure for a single call or over a week, month or six-month period. You can set the app to give you an alert when radiation is at a high level.

You could also buy a lower-radiation phone. The F.C.C. tests phone radiation and lists results as “Specific Absorption Rate” (SAR) in a database that now links with the SAR Shield website.

The amount of radiation a phone puts out varies by model and by how hard the phone is working to hold a signal. The fewer bars, the harder it’s working, and the bigger the dose of radiation.
So if you are a worrier, avoid calls in basements, subways and the wilderness.

source: theNYtimes