I have always wondered about this, ever since we got our first microwave when I was a kid. (Back in ~1986 or so.) Our microwave, like many, was about head-height, and I would stand aside or even run away once I put something in it. Even as a teenager. I guess the physics classes in high school had me thinking of things. I remember my dad looking at me funny as I would make sure I was away from the microwave when it was on.

Well those same microwaves are connected to your cell phone right now, the same ones are used in WiFi (wireless internet) as well.

OK OK, they are no where near the frequency to pop a bad of popcorn, but they are the same microwaves. (Cell phones use about a use a frequency of 1.452 to 1.492 gigahertz (GHz) and microwaves usually at a frequency of 2.45 GHz – source: Wikipedia)

Studies are starting to show some adverse effects of heavy cell phone use. Well, I guess if you use anything heavily, you will hurt yourself. Say you ate 100lbs of raisins? That would have to hurt, right?

Take your time and read this article: Warning, Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous to Your Health.

And I am glad I emphatically use a headset, always have. I am uncomfortable with the phone near my head. In contrast have had a cell phone since 1998, actually canceling my land-line somewhere around 1999, and never looking back. For those of you that know me, I live a ‘wired’ lifestyle to say the least.

Well, I think it’s time I start shutting the phone off a bit more.

I just hope I can convince my 2 year old when the time comes!

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