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When will we know the truth? Again there is research suggesting that the humble mobile phone may be a health hazard.

Over the past few years there have been a number of announcements about medical research suggesting that there may be risks with using mobile phones continually.

Latest research suggests that using a mobile phone (with the phone held to your ear) for an hour a day over a ten year period gives one a 250% increased risk of getting cancer.

One safeguard is to use earphones and keep the phone away from one's body. It is also suggested that keeping your mobile (cell) phone in your pocket also increases the risk of cancer.

Who is most at risk? Sadly it is our young children that are most at risk. How many young people use a mobile phone consistently.

I know from my experience in China that so many of the students have mobile phones and use them consistently. I've found that some students have more than one phone. It is not unusual for them to have one that their parents pay for, and a second one that their parents do not know about where they can contact their boyfrieds (which they are not supposed to have!)

I found one student with three mobile phones. I regularly confiscated them if they were being used in class. Often the phones are used more for text messages than talking, but these phones are kept in pockets on shoulder bags.

Another risk is deafness - but from the the high volume of sound which will damage the inner ear.

So do we risk having a generation of people with a high risk of cancer (carcinoma) and deafness.

If you have influence in the lives of young people perhaps you might warn them of the impending dangers. But I guess young people see themselves as invincible.

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