Cell Phone Use During Pregnancy Can Seriously Damage Your Baby

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mvwyngaard — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:13:53 GMT

As a mother-to-be, I am really shocked. I never even considered my cell phone as a risk, its like a limb you just can't seem to live without. Fortunately I have never ever been a fan of cell phones for completely different reasons, privacy being one of them. I wholeheartedly agree that a child should not even come near a mobile, also for very different reasons. Now I finaly have an excuse to say, sorry I won't be available, I don't own a mobile. I think I'll get rid of mine.

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amazonelf — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:05:39 GMT

unfortunately i cannot avoid using the cell phone right now. we don't have a land line in the apartment. we (boyfriend and me) haven't decided on a phone yet. i'm also very pregnant, so all i can do is just wait to see what happens

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EmmaJones — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:58:29 GMT

Seriosly, people can't believe that mobile phone radiation is the reason for a childs bad behaviour? surely! This is just another excuse to find because there child is hard to conduct. The childs behaviour is purely dependant on the childs up-bringing, other things it can depend on are the location, influence of friends and sweets, fizzy drinks etc. Ok so hyperactivity could be a result of mutated cells during pregnancy, but is this not just a correlation? Hyperactivity can also be a result of fizzy drinks, but this has never become a major health risk. Heres another correlation for you, Hayfever amounts rise when more ice cream sales are made, but are these linked? no, hayfever amounts rise because it is summer, and the amoutn of icecream sales rise because it is summer, icecream is not a cause of hayfever! so why would mobile phone radiation be a reason that a child cannot make friends or behave. I rest my case!

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Mary122 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:44:55 GMT

A friend of mine was using one of these Wave Shield's when she was pregant. She said it helps cut down the radiation. Anyone else know anything about these? http://www.waveshield.com/

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doubtful 365 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:23:37 GMT

I have heard not to hold the mobile phone close to your head while it's ringing.Also try to keep the phone between your head and the transmitter.

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Ann08 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:39:05 GMT

As a possibly (or soon-to-be) expectant mother, I am particularly interested in this topic. Can anyone cite specific studies or other examples to support the argument that we should avoid wi-fi?

Mercola advises readers not to go near wi-fi in offices. How can one do this? A router sits inches from my head when I sit at my desk at work, and the person who would have authority to move it to a "safer location" doesn't believe it is a danger and doesn't want to relocate it. What respectable studies or other information could I present to this person to persuade her to move it, or to persuade her to relocate my work station? I'm sure I'll be a laughing stock unless I can present some respectable sources that at least advise taking precautions. Can anyone provide links to other good sources and professionals (ones which my employer wouldn't consider "quack-like")?

Also, is there a recommended safe distance one could sit from a router?

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Pookietooth — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:20:32 GMT

We're screwed then, because we live in an apartment building surrounded by wireless networks. Found this out when my husband brought home a laptop with a wireless connection, and he turned it on and there were six or seven wireless networks available. Guess we'd better move to the boonies!

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All Under Heaven — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:36:15 GMT

Right. Dr. Mercola's not fearmongering (big industries do that to pressure you into buying or vaccinating or whatever). He's just telling the truth or just bring up something to be considered. I think it's perfectly plausible that people's daily habits are resulting into a silent epidemic. And to those who said hyperactivity is due to poor parenting, you're wrong. I can say this much. Behavioral problems may reflect on parenting, but that does NOT mean society should go for a quick fix by labeling just about any child out of line as sick/disordered and putting children left and right on medication.

What worries me aren't the cell phones. That can be avoided. But things like Wi-Fi can't. A local router doesn't emit as much electromagnetic waves as a cell phone, but I'm still a bit uneasy.

Industry will always be in denial. It's only after so many people are harmed by something of theirs do people say no more to it. Then it just happens over again with something else.

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Asolepius — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:55:42 GMT

Well `banEMR', it depends on what you mean by `seriously damage' as Mercola claims. The worst seems to be a possible 80% increase in `difficulties with behaviour'. Life threatening? You decide. But I ask again, what's the absolute risk? 80% of not much is still not much. Prime example of misuse of numbers to create a panic.

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curious7 — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:56:33 GMT

If you are pregnant, or thinking of becoming pregnant, aquire all the information you can get your hands on concerning the dangers of cell phone, and cordless phones. Taking chances with your baby should not be an option for anyone. There are many dangers in this world that can promote birth defects, and even cause still births. Be very careful, and collect as much information as possible.

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TBHealthe — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:36:18 GMT

Thank you so much! This is a great article to pass on!

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Graeae — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:32:48 GMT

They just built a new cell phone tower near our apt. We're moving when the lease is up. It's just amazing how pervasive these little devices have become, especially with the younger generation. Sit down and watch the people at the mall sometime! Scary stuff.

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Kaelisabeth — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:49:39 GMT

As of yesterday, I officially got rid of my cell phone. Pardon me, but I'm not completely convinced at the cell phone dangers. I just got rid of it because I hate it. I do however, keep my eye open to the potential dangers. I use to carry my phone in my pocket all the time, then transfered it to my car and kept it there all the time. Then it got to a point where I was never ever answering it because it was off all the time.

This week, I am away from my home for 4days, and I forgot my cell phone. That is the best accident ever. I don't have my phone and now 95% of my communication is through e-mail (the rest are the VERY few times I am home)

I don't know how my parents will take this anti-cell phone thing, but it saves me money, and if that isn't enough for them, I'll pull the "I'm 18" card on them:)

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kingcop — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:33:58 GMT

I find this article to have zero credibility. The study proves nothing. The same data might be obtained by studying

a set of people who eat one apple a day vs. people who eat none. Not only that, their was no control group in this study. Mercola's comment that cell phone usage is one of the primary causes of autism is balderdash. I was truly amazed to read that. Ask the thousands of married couples that saw their healthy baby get gravely ill always AFTER vaccination if cell phones are the culprit.

Nuff said.

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monky — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:25:42 GMT

I need to apologize to the last commenter, (before my last comment), as I meant the first comment by L. Henderson was bunk. We can't blame the parents all the time, or the school system...and that last commentor was doing the research, it looks like. The sweeping statements, like "all Chinese use too much MSG" are the ones I'm referring to when I say, please don't make statements you can't back up with facts. One of the most useful classes I took in college was called "Critical thinking". It taught us to analyze statements we heard on the media, or just from other people talking, and use good reasoning and logic to determine whether they were valid or not. You are almost always wrong when you make a general, sweeping, all-inclusive statement that starts with "all" or everybody...