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Tips for minimizing exposure to electromagnetic radiation in the home environment

The most important principle for limiting exposure to non-ionizing radiation is distancing the radiation source from the body, based on the fact that the radiation decreases significantly with increasing distance from the radiation source

  

Does radiofrequency radiation emitted from mobile phones have an effect on sperm cells?

 

In recent years animal models and human semen samples were studied in order to investigate if exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation, specifically, radiation emitted by mobile phones, causes a decrease in sperm cell quality or damage to sperm cells and subsequently leads to decreased fertility.

 

 

A mobile phone in the front trouser pocketA mobile phone in the front trouser pocket

  

Results of studies that examined the effect of non-ionizing radiation in the radiofrequency (RF) range on sperm quality parameters are equivocal. In some studies, exposure to radiation emitted by mobile phones did not seem to have an effect on sperm cell quality, while other studies reported an effect on some sperm quality parameters such as motility, vitality, morphology, and DNA fragmentation.

Considering studies that demonstrated damage to sperm cells or decreased sperm quality following exposure to RF radiation, and based on the precautionary principle, educated use of mobile phones is recommended: not to carry mobile phones close to the body, in the trouser pocket, or to place them in the vicinity of the testes.

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Prospective study – Cohort

A study in which the development rate of a disease is examined and compared between a population group (cohort) that is exposed to a risk factor (e.g., smokers) and a population group that is not exposed to the risk factor (e.g. non-smokers).

 

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Enforcement

 

In most countries, regulation regarding the use of handheld devices while driving is enforced through fines. A few countries increase the severity of fines by adding penalty/demerit points, which have licensing consequences. In the EU zone, in 2009, fines range from 11 EUR to 200 EUR, with the average of 68 EUR.  

 

Distraction: Why is Mobile Phone Use while Driving a Problem?

Types of Distraction

Every year nearly 1.3 million people die and 50 million worldwide are injured as a result of road traffic crashes.  Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among young people aged 15 – 29. National studies have attributed on average between 9 and 16 percent of annual crashes to driver distraction. 

 

Special Categories of Drivers

Young drivers

Young woman fined for using mobile phone while driving

Use of Mobile Phones among Children and Adolescents in Israel and in other countries – Introduction

The use of information and communications technologies has penetrated all of society's levels, including children and adolescents. As part of this trend, the mobile phone has turned into a multi-purpose communications and information device that is characterized by rapidly-changing advanced technologies.

 

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