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Can Cell Phones Damage Our Eyes?
Roland Piquepaille writes "I'm sure you've read dozens of stories about how our cell phones could be dangerous to our health, causing brain tumors for example. But so far, there is not a definitive answer. But now, according to IsraCast, a team of Israeli researchers has discovered that the microwave radiation used by our cell phones could destroy our eyes by causing two kinds of damages to our visual system, including an irreversible one. If the researchers are right, and even if you only occasionally use your cell phone, the lenses in your eyes can suffer from microscopic damages that won't heal themselves over time. As this study has not been not done -- yet -- on humans, I guess the controversy can begin and that another scientific team will soon tell us that this study is not correct. In the mean time, read more for other details and references. And whether you think that cell phones can damage our eyes or not, feel free to post your comments below."
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They should add warning labels...those work great on smokers. ;)
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But now, according to IsraCast, a team of Israeli researchers has discovered that the microwave radiation used by our cell phones could destroy our eyes by causing two kinds of damages to our visual system, including an irreversible one.
Well, the solution is clear: ban microwaves. It's a matter of national security.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Microwave ovens use 2.45GHz; I say, that's close enough to 2.40GHz to reckon that you're cooking yourself alive. That's why I ran away from home and started my life in Montana, away from the scourges of technology.
Well, yeah, I'm sure microwaves can cause some damage to the eyes. But honestly, what do you think is more important to the average person, the long term health of their eyes, or their next phone call?
'Every story, if continued long enough, ends in death.' --Ernest Hemingway
Should I be worried? Does anyone know if being exposed to 2.4 GHz emissions might also be harmful?
I wish I could give you more information, but the last thing I saw was the phone number of a workers comp. lawyer in the yellow pages. Now I am nearly blind, unable to work, and entitled to $75 million from cell phone makers, wi-fi makers, waffle makers, and McDonalds.
Can reading Roland Piquepaille's blog damage your eyes?
Should I be worried?
Yes! You should at least switch your home network to 802.11g, so that damages are done on different part of your body at night, similar to load balancing.
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
" As this study has not been not done -- yet -- on humans ..."
So they had what, a bunch of monkeys in a room using cell phone all day?
And whether you think that cell phones can damage our eyes or not, feel free to post your comments below.
Whew, thanks. I don't think I can sit in silence any longer!
Personally the thought of holding a microwave transmitter next to my head freaks me out. My powerbook's wifi is as far as I'll go. At least that's only bathing my testicles in rich creamy radiofrequency energy, not my brain. Given a choice between lower earning potential at work, and my future kids being deformed and shriveled, I'll go with the special olympians.
one more excuse not to pick up the phone when my mom calls me.
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She blinded me with science.
Even your
Or pick up a disease from the phone! Don't forget that most pulbic fones are covered in feces.
Although it does make it a little hard to see where I am going...
But it has the added benefit of keeping out the mind control rays...
GrpA
Enjoy science fiction? "Turing Evolved" - AI, Mecha, Androids and rail-gun battles. What more could you want?
I read/post on /. using my HP h6315 PDA phone using GPRS.
Between small fonts and this, I'm screwed!
Maybe you'd like to buy my plutonium table settings. I've been trying to get rid of them for years. The market really dried up. And the nice thing is they clean themselves!
because I might just get run over by a car while trying to use that public phone booth across the street
Fortunately for you, there aren't many public phones any more because if you were to cross the street to use one, you'd get hit by a car driven by someone yakking on a cell phone.
but not so far as to be out of reach of slashdot?
i hate pansy republicans
and see if you think the same
or think if you see the same.
rewriting history since 2109
When he feels the urge to post on Slashdot, he takes his typewriter and computer to a nearby library. There, he hooks it up to a modem via a serial line and pounds out his manifesto. He is hoping to publish it in the New York Times soon.
Wrong? My body IS made of twinkies??
Don't let my room-mates find out. I'm a dead man.
Now with my continual multi cell phone use and twice daily Viagra and grain alcohol habit, I should be able to go blind faster than ever!
Isn't technology Great!
- Zav - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of insensitive clods...
And whether you think that cell phones can damage our eyes or not, feel free to post your comments below.
Yes, please, weigh in with your opinions. I'm dying to get medical advice from high school WoW players and unemployed PHP programmers.
Instead of a low sperm count why don't I get a giant penis?
Instead of brain tumors, why can't I read people's minds?
Instead of loss of eye sight, why can't I shoot lasers through my eyes? or better yet, XRAY VISION!!
God damnit, why can't radiation work like in the comic books?
Or pick up a disease from the phone! Don't forget that most pulbic fones are covered in feces.
Well, they wouldn't be if we hadn't sent all those telephone sanitizers off in that damned ark!
Can you see me now?
O.K. Can you see me now?
Just a sec'...
Is that better? Can you see me now?
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
WE didn't. This is earth.
But I can see how you would make that mistake, being a B-ark descendant.
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Cell phones should not be used by people with no blood pressure.
Do not boil when in use.
Cell phones should not be part of a calorie-controlled diet
Cell phone overuse in areas with poor reception may damage vocal chords
Do Not recharge cell phones with unleaded gasoline
Crazy Frog Ringtones may cause permanent brain damage within a 30 yard radius*
*Claim untested by the FDA
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
if you hold your cellphone next to your eyes then you either are severely deformed, wierd, or have a very strange cellphone.
everyone I see holds their cellphone with the antenna placed about 3 cm BEHIND their ear towards the back of their head.
Now cellphones can be very dangerous to your eyes, when someone throws one at your head that antenna can poke your eye out.
seriousally though, most of these tests by researchers are really off. when they show their conclusions and spread their FUD they failed to mention that they did the equilivant of putting the animal in a microwave oven on high.
cellphone radiation causes eye damage in these rats... oh we used 1000 watts of RF radiation at cellphone frequencies directed at the animal through a gain antenna.
Hell I can prove to you that water is dangerous and causes damage... here put this firehose in your mouth.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
No, but seriously. Do anyone read books, watch CRTs etc for hours at a time without interruption? Literally. I believe most people look up from their books from time to time, to look out the window or at Miss Gorgeous in the next row at the library, or something like that. I only wish it were true. As it is, I can't tear my tortured eyes away from the Roland Piquepaille blog o' doom.
Was that a joke?
No, not really (although I realize it is quite funny). He was a strict Southern Baptist, raised on a tobacco farm in NC in the 30s and 40s. A good man, mostly, but he did have some strange views on things. He used to tell the story about how he couldn't visit Georgia (or maybe SC, I forget which) any more b/c when he went there to deliver a shipment, he would spend time with the daughter of one of the largest tobacco buyers in that state. Well, the buyer caught them dancing (no, not a euphemism, actual dancing) together once, and insisted my grandad had to marry the girl, b/c if decent folk found out... Well, apparently, the girl thought this was a fine idea, and was simply waiting (along with her cousins, brothers, uncles, etc.) for him to come back and marry her. After that, my grandad's brother made all the deliveries to that state.
The funniest part is that his biggest concern about alcohol was that it would entice me to dance w/ women...
...sometimes, in order to hurt someone very badly, you have to tell that person terrible lies. - PA