"Cell Phones on Hip May Weaken Bone"

We have seen youtube videos of 4 cell phones ringing simultaneously arranged in a circle could pop corns placed smack in the middle. It may be cool to look at and maybe fun to try with friends but it brings a serious question up front. Does cell phones (or its radio signal, or electromagnetic emissions) affect the human body in one form or another?

A report by Salynn Boyles on (WebMD Health News Oct 27, 2009) in a study done  Turkey's Suleyman Demireli University showed that cell phones may affect the human body. The researchers of the said institution measured the pelvic bone density in 150 men who carried their cell phones regularly attached to their belts. They carried it for an average of 15 hours everyday for 6 years and found that bone mineral density was slightly less on the side of the pelvis where the mobile phones where carried. The overall results were not significant and was not as much as that seen in people with osteoporosis. The mean average age of the men was 32 years of age. The researchers reiterated that the results are prelimenary.


There is however conflicting issues regarding electromagnetic fields since experimentally it showed that EM waves has been found to strengthen the bones in patients with osteoporosis. But the EM wave frequency used in the above experiments on patients with osteoporosis was 15-72 Hz. Cell phone EM frequencies is in the range of 900-1800 MHz


At the moment, there is no definite conclusions on the effect of cell phone on the human body. There is an ongoing study, the Interphone study being conducted in 13 countries to see if cell phone use can cause brain tumors.


On a personal note, we have a SPAN bayantel phone (Huawei) is the brand and it heats up 10 minutes into using the phone and then my head starts throbbing and a full blown headache in 20 min. My siblings experience the same thing. This concerned us a lot and we stopped using it. For now, lets wait for the result of the Interphone study.