Are Mobile's Safe To Use?

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Science Coursework-“Are Mobile Phones Safe To Use?”

Introduction

This question is still being argued by some of the greatest scientists.  It is under this scrutiny due to the lack of substantial evidence to support either side. Mobiles have not been in use for long enough for anyone to be able to ascertain the long term effects of cell phones.

Is there a risk?

The main worry surrounding mobile phones is that the non-ionising radiation that they emit may be damaging some of the tissues in the human body.

Indirect ways that mobile phone may put a person a risk such as driving accidents in which a driver has been on the phone whilst driving and has been distracted from the road. Another way that mobiles may put a person at risk is when people (especially women, young people and the elderly) are mugged for their mobile phones. Young people owning a mobile phone also run the risk of people ill-treatment their number with abusive texts. Even those who do not own mobile phones may suffer from it, as “happy slapping” has become popular among the younger generations. These risks, however, pale in comparison to the possible risks that mobile phones may be inflicting upon our bodies whenever we make a phone call.

 

What is radiation?

Radiation is energy that is transmitted in the form of waves, physically through particles (such as Infra red) or through rays (like visible light).

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The radiation I am referring to in this report is a kind that travels through rays. Mobile phones use radio waves to communicate with mobile phone masts during calls and in occasional short bursts to keep in contact with the masts.

The reason I mentioned earlier that the phones give out radio waves which, as you can see in the diagram on the page before, is a kind of non-ionising radiation. I would like to highlight the fact that it is ionising radiation (which phones have not, to my knowledge, been recorded to release) that modifies cells, whilst the ...

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