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How Safe Is Your Mobile Phone? [A]It takes a little extra work to get in touch with Andrea Boland. The Maine state representativ
How Safe Is Your Mobile Phone? [A]It takes a little extra work to get in touch with Andrea Boland. The Maine state representativ
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2014-03-22
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How Safe Is Your Mobile Phone?
[A]It takes a little extra work to get in touch with Andrea Boland. The Maine state representative answers e-mails and lists her business and home phone numbers on the Web. But unlike many politicians surgically attached to their BlackBerrys, she keeps her phone switched off unless she’s expecting a call. And if she has her way, everyone in Maine — and perhaps, eventually, the rest of the US — will similarly think twice before jabbering away on(急促而含混不清地说话)their mobiles.
[B]In March, Maine’s legislature will begin debating a bill she submitted that would require manufacturers to put a warning label on every mobile phone sold in the state declaring, "This device emits electromagnetic(电磁的)radiation, exposure to which may cause brain cancer." Her warning would continue, "Users, especially children and pregnant women, should keep this device away from the head and body."
[C]For those of you now eyeing your mobile phones suspiciously, it’s worth noting that both the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organisation say there isn’t evidence to support the assertion that mobile phones are a public-health threat. But a number of scientists are worried that there has been a dangerous rush to declare mobile phones safe, using studies they feel are inadequate and too often weighted towards the wireless industry’s interests. An analysis published by University of Washington neurologist Henry Lai determined that far more independent studies than industry-funded studies have found at least some type of biological effect from mobile-phone exposure.
[D]Several countries — including Finland, Israel and France — have issued guidelines for mobile-phone use. And San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who began researching the issue when his wife was expecting their first child, is hoping his city will adopt legislation that would have manufacturers print radiation information on mobile-phone packaging and manuals and require retailers to display the data on the sales floor.
[E]With 270 million Americans and 4 billion people around the world using mobile phones — and more signing up every day — a strong link between mobiles and cancer could have major public-health implications. As mobile phones make and take calls, they emit low-level radio-frequency(RF)radiation. Stronger than FM radio signals, these RF waves are still a billionth the intensity of known carcinogenic(致癌的)radiation like X-rays.
[F]The wireless industry contends that RF radiation lacks the strength to alter molecules in the human body: the Federal Communications Commission(FCC)maximum for mobile-phone-signal exposure is intended to prevent RF radiation from heating tissue to the point that cells are damaged. Mobile-phone RF radiation’s "effect on the body, at least at this time, appears to be insufficient to produce genetic damage typically associated with developing cancer," Dr Robert Hoover, director of the National Cancer Institute’s Epidemiology and Biostatistics Programme, testified at a 2008 congressional hearing.
[G]But the body of research is far from conclusive. In 1995, Lai co-wrote a study showing that a single two-hour exposure of RF radiation — at levels considered safe by US standards — produced the sort of genetic damage in rats’ brain cells that can lead to cancer. Though subsequent researchers — often funded in part by the wireless industry — failed to replicate Lai’s results, a 2004 European Union-funded study reported similar findings.
[H]Dariusz Leszczynski, a research professor at Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Helsinki, has done studies indicating that RF radiation may create a stress reaction in the cells that line blood vessels, leading to a dangerous breach in the blood-brain barrier. "Mobile-phone radiation may be able to indirectly hurt cells, perhaps by interfering with their ability to repair normal DNA damage," he says. "Given the scientific uncertainty, it’s premature to say the use of mobile phones is safe."
[I]If RF radiation increases the chances of developing brain cancer, it should show up in long-term studies of mobile-phone users. But many epidemiological studies have found no clear connection, including a 2007 Danish Cancer Society study of 421,000 mobile-phone users, which led many in the media to conclude that mobiles are harmless. To date, "peer-reviewed(同行评审)scientific evidence has overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices do not pose a risk," says John Walls, a spokesman for CTIA, a global wireless association.
[J]There are problems with many of these studies, however. For starters, the Danish one — which reviewed the medical records of people who had signed up for mobile phones from 1982 to 1995 — didn’t include all the business users, who were among the earliest adopters and most intensive users, because they were not billed directly.
[K]Also, the study looked only at tumors that were diagnosed by 2002 — not long after daily use of mobile phones became widespread. Brain cancers can take several decades to develop, so it might be many years before a measurable bump in cancer rates shows up. "The latency period(潜伏期)we have is far too short," says Dr Siegal Sadetzki, a cancer researcher at Israel’s Gertner Institute whose epidemiological(流行病学的)studies have found some connections between mobile-phone use and salivary-gland tumors(唾液腺肿瘤). "And today, people are using the phone much more heavily."
[L]Sadetzki served as Israel’s principal investigator in the Interphone study, which was conducted over the past several years by 13 countries, most of them European. The Interphone results initially were to be published in 2006, but the final report has been postponed repeatedly, and the study investigators are reportedly deeply divided. In the US, which isn’t one of the Interphone countries, the National Toxicology Programme is launching studies of the health effects of mobile phones. But peer-reviewed results won’t be available until at least 2014.
[M]That’s a long time to wait for definitive data. The good news is that there are easy ways for those concerned about RF radiation to cut down on exposure. Using your mobile phone’s speaker or connecting a wired headset — while keeping the handset away from your body — drastically reduces RF exposure.(Bluetooth headsets help too, but they still emit some radiation.)And given the potentially more serious risks for children, who have thinner skulls than adults, parents might want to wait before handing teens their first phone — or at least ensure they use it mostly for texting.
[N]Meanwhile, a start-up, Pong Research, is selling mobile-phone cases that significantly reduce radiation exposure by channelling waves away from the head. Says Alfred Wong, Pong’s chief scientist and a professor emeritus of physics at UCLA: "I think it’s best to avoid as much of the risk as possible until the verdict is in."
[O]That’s exactly what Boland and other advocates of warning labels are arguing. It’s true that mobile-phone use has yet to be linked to cancer risk. "Scientifically speaking, we don’t have the proof yet," says Sadetzki. "But as a public-health concern, I’m saying we definitely should adopt precautions."
In order to reduce RF exposure dramatically, the author advises people to use mobile phone’s speakers or a wired headset.
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根据题目中的reduce RF exposure dramatically,use mobile phone’s speakers和a wiredheadset将本题出处定位于[M]段第3句。该句提到,使用手机的扬声器或连接一个有线耳机可以大大减少射频辐射。题目是对原文信息的再现。
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