Cell phone exposure may damage nerves in the head

• Long exposure to cell phones is said to destroy memory, movement and learning-related cells, which are significant for children and teenagers.
• The head of UK's Radiological Board has recently advised parents not to give children below the age of 8 mobile phones because "a growing number of research shows that mobile phone use may have health implications".
• Further, Italian researchers have said that leukemia cells multiplied faster when exposed to mobile phone radiation.
• The radiation has also been linked to disturbed sleep patterns, headaches and fatigue.
• Electro-magnetic fields from mobile phone use before sleep are said to significantly increase brain activity during early sleep, leading to disturbed sleeping patterns.
• Mobile phone use has also been associated with increased blood pressure, and the level of increase, it is claimed, is enough to trigger a heart attack or stroke in those at risk.
• There is also the burning issue of where to keep mobile phones when they aren't in use.
• The shirt pocket is considered dangerous because the radiation emitted by the phone would be too close to the heart---this apart from reports that cell phones interfere with the functioning of pacemakers.
• Keeping them in pant pockets has been linked to a drop in sperm counts.
• Perhaps it's time to bring cargos back in fashion, with special phone holders in the pockets around the knees---there doesn't seem to be any research linking mobile phones with arthritis just yet.
• Apart from this, there is also the relatively recent phenomenon of exploding cell phones, though it appears that most of these are due to inferior-quality unbranded batteries.
• All in all, the greatest acknowledged risk for cell phones users is still the vintage 'distraction leading to a road accident'.
• News of these hazards has led to several interesting innovations.