Cell-Phones Pose Health Risks
to Pregnant Women Part 1
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What Pregnant Women Should Know:
Results from a new study suggest cell-phones may pose some
health risks to a pregnant woman's developing baby. Before
you toss out your wireless, find out exactly what those
risks may be.
When you're pregnant, you try everything you can to ensure
your unborn baby's health. You avoid certain activities that
might be harmful to your developing child—no hot tubs, scuba
diving, or alcohol. But should you add cell-phones to the
list?
According to a study appearing in the July 2008 edition of
Epidemiology, researchers found evidence that pregnant women
who used handset cell-phones, which generate low levels of
non-ionizing radiation, were more likely to have children
with behavior issues after birth.
The study looked at responses from over 13,000 Danish women
who answered questions about their cell-phone use and then
about their children's behavior until the age of seven.
Scientists compared the behavior of children whose mothers
regularly used cell phones to those who used them
infrequently or not at all.
Overall, researchers found that 54 percent of children were
more likely to exhibit behavior problems if their mothers
were more frequent cell-phone users. If the children were
also early cell phone users themselves, they were 80 percent
more likely to have behavioral issues.
While the findings may seem startling at first, Dr. Leeka
Kheifets MA, PhD, of UCLA, one of the study's authors,
cautions that more research needs to take place before
scientists conclude that cell-phones pose a significant risk
to unborn babies: "I think that we found an association
between cell phone use and behavioral problems, but that
doesn't mean for sure that there is a cause and effect
relationship," says Dr. Kheiferts. In other words,
behavioral issues in children whose moms frequently used
cell phones are not necessarily a direct result from
cell-phone generated radiation. Perhaps mothers who used
cell phones regularly didn't pay as much attention to their
children, leading the children to act out and exhibit bad
behavior.
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