Posted By shivani on March 22, 2006

Cordless Phone Dangers

I recently sent a series of e-mails on the subject of cordless phones to the folks on my EMR/EMF e-list. Now that I have a blog here, I will share some of those. Recently a woman told me that her husband took a call on their cordless home phone, then drove away in the car still talking on the handset, to see how far from the phone’s base he would still be able to use the phone. When she told me that he drove several miles and was still receiving the signal, I was so astonished that I wondered if she had the distance correct.

I recently sent a series of e-mails on the subject of cordless phones to the folks on my EMR/EMF e-list. Now that I have a blog here, I will share some of those. Recently a woman told me that her husband took a call on their cordless home phone, then drove away in the car still talking on the handset, to see how far from the phone’s base he would still be able to use the phone. When she told me that he drove several miles and was still receiving the signal, I was so astonished that I wondered if she had the distance correct.

However, today I found the following information in an article posted on Earth Pulse.com: Cell Phone Convenience or 21st Century Plague?

Many cordless phones broadcast 24 hours a day, regardless of whether they are in use or not. This can mean a lot of people suffering from sleep disturbance, memory problems, headaches, fatigue, nausea, dizziness, high blood pressure, cardiac irregularities, etcetera. Not to mention the long term risk of leukemia and cancer.

In apartment buildings, people using cordless phones thoughtlessly expose their neighbors in addition to themselves.

For more infomation on the symptoms caused by such exposure, the research that has been done, please see my Notes on The Health Effects of Manmade Electromagnetic Frequencies. The Electrosmog Detector described on the products page can help you determine your exposure to telecommunicatons frequencies.

Shivani

The following is an excerpt from the article, referenced above: Cell Phone Convenience or 21st Century Plague?

Remote Home Portable Phones

Cell phones are not the only phones to cause concern about health problems. “Today’s high-frequency cordless phones may emit a level of electromagnetic radiation similar to cellphones. [There is no "may emit" involved. The frequencies used by today's cordless phones are the same as those used in cell phones, and some cordless phones use even higher frequencies than those used in some cell phones. -Shivani] For reasons of health and privacy, a growing number of scientists and other experts are dead set against cellphones. They say a cancer risk is associated with signals that have a strong wattage and high frequency (short wavelength). First generation cordless phones operate at about 60 megahertz and the next ones run at 900 megahertz – higher than 835MHz cellphones. The new 2.4 GHz is higher still and can transmit for several kilometers without fading.”

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