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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: paul.fr on 27/06/2007 18:30:51

Title: will sleeping with a mobile phone scramble my brain?
Post by: paul.fr on 27/06/2007 18:30:51

ok, i sleep with two phones. one as an alarm clock the other so i dont miss calls, am i in danger of having (what's left of) my brain scrambled?

Title: will sleeping with a mobile phone scramble my brain?
Post by: Karen W. on 27/06/2007 18:41:13

Good Question,
I also have two next to me head at night..charging! LOL!

Title: will sleeping with a mobile phone scramble my brain?
Post by: kdlynn on 27/06/2007 18:47:27

me too... never thought about it

Title: will sleeping with a mobile phone scramble my brain?
Post by: Soul Surfer on 27/06/2007 23:54:23

No but I wouldn't reccommend lying on them they're rather uncomfortable  :-)

Seriously though even if they are only a foot away the radiation levels are much lower than having the thing stuck to your ear.

The only known effects of rf radiation are associated with heating and the powers used simply dont cause all that much heating.  Any significant risk would be clearly visible in the statistics long before now.   Although I would strongly suggest that children should not spend a significasnt proprtion of their time actually using them as phones.  the power levels are much lower when they are just sitting around doing nothing.

Title: will sleeping with a mobile phone scramble my brain?
Post by: another_someone on 28/06/2007 00:04:27

Quote from: Soul Surfer on 27/06/2007 23:54:23

Although I would strongly suggest that children should not spend a significasnt proprtion of their time actually using them as phones.

Prejudice aside, why should this have a greater risk to children than to the elderly?

Children may have less mature brains (although this applies more to a 5 year old than a 13 year old); but equally children's brains should be more able to recuperate than that of an elderly person.