The communication industry is one of the fastest growing industries in our contemporary world, which mobile phone forms major part of it. Day in day out, the number of mobile phone users increases across the globe. However, mobile phones are seen to have some health effects on the environment, especially the human population. Wireless devices such as the phone are commonly used around the world, as a result, the exposure to radiofrequency radiation is widely spread across the environment. Hence this research was carried out to investigate the effects of electromagnetic radiations from mobile phones and telecommunication masts.
Electromagnetic radiation is a form of radiation that is made of both electric and magnetic fields and are propagated in the form of waves. These radiations are to know to be categorized into ionizing and non-ionizing radiations, depending on the frequency and wavelength. Our main focus on the research was on the non-ionizing radiation. This is the type of EM radiation that does not have the tendency to knock off an electron from an atom. However, it consists of radiations collectively called radio frequency, which are microwave and radio waves. The mobile phone happens to emit radiation in this range. This radiation has the ability to cause molecules vibrate, under go torsion and rotation and can consequently bring about heat which can damage the human tissues and the environment.
Also, it has been established that radio frequency energy is not entirely safe, as accumulation of the radiations for a period of time leads to the dissipation of heat in the tissues. This heat dissipation on the tissues can lead to gene mutation and DNA strand break, hence cancer and other health issues can be developed in the body.
The above can be reduced by the following;
1. Avoiding the use of mobile phones that are above four years.
2. Using of ear phones (hands-free) during lone phone calls or preferably phone should be put on loud speaker and placed a distance away.
3. Children’s mobile phone usage should be limited, since their tissues are so sensitive to the mobile phone radiations.
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