cell phone dangers

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Cell Phones Hidden Danger

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11% percent of drivers are talking on their phones at any given time, according to a federal study 2,600 traffic deaths are caused each year by drivers using cell phones, according to a Harvard study 570,000 accidents leading to minor and serious injuries are caused each year by cell phone distractions, according to the same Harvard study

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21% of fatal car crashes involving teens between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage People are as impaired when they text and talk on a cell phone while driving as driving intoxicated with a BAC of 0.08%

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the risk for a car accident increases by 50% for those who text while driving

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Bailey Goodman, 17, was killed along with four of her fellow cheerleaders when she swerved into oncoming traffic, hit a tractor-trailer and her SUV burst into flames. Five days earlier, the five teenagers had graduated from high school. Two minutes before the crash was reported, her phone was used to send a text greeting to a friend.

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If you have a cell phone, follow these tips: Don't talk or text when driving. Let your voice mail pick up. Most cell phone-related crashes happen when a person is answering an incoming call. If you have a passenger, let that person answer the phone for you. If you need to make or receive a call, pull into a safe, well-lit parking area to do so.

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Texting in School connection to drug and gang activity disruption to classes used for cheating cell phones with cameras could be used to take photos of exams, take pictures of students changing clothes in gym locker areas, and so on calling in bomb threats to schools

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68% of surveyed school-based police officers from across the nation believe that student use of cell phones in school would detract from school safety in a crisis Cell phones have been used for calling in bomb threats to schools and, in many communities, cell calls cannot be traced by public safety officials. Student use of cell phones could potentially detonate a real bomb if one is actually on campus. Cell phone use by students can hamper rumor control and, in doing so, disrupt and delay effective public safety personnel response.

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Cell phone use by students can impede public safety response by accelerating parental response to the scene of an emergency during times when officials may be attempting to evacuate students to another site. Cell phone systems typically overload during a real major crisis (as they did during the Columbine tragedy, WTC attacks, etc.), and usage by a large number of students at once could add to the overload and knock out cell phone systems quicker than may normally occur.

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Cell Phone Radiation

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87% of the total population uses a cell phone In essence, your cell phone is a radio. When you talk on your cell phone, your voice is transmitted from the antenna as radio frequency radiation (RFR) between 800 MHz and 1,990 MHz. This frequency falls in the range of microwave radiation and, when you are exposed to it, there may be a chance of health consequences. between 20% and 60% of the radiation emitted by your cell phone is transferred into your head. The radiation actually penetrates the area around your head and is absorbed, with some radiation reaching an inch, to an inch and a half, into your brain.

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Recent studies confirm that cell and cordless phone microwave can:   * Damage nerves in the scalp   * Cause blood cells to leak hemoglobin   * Cause memory loss and mental confusion   * Cause headaches and induce extreme fatigue   * Create joint pain, muscle spasms and tremors   * Create burning sensation and rash on the skin   * Alter the brain's electrical activity during sleep   * Induce ringing ! in the ears, impair sense of smell   * Precipitate cataracts, retina damage and eye cancer   * Open the blood-brain barrier to viruses and toxins   * Reduce the number and efficiency of white blood cells   * Stimulate asthma by producing histamine in mast cells   * Cause digestive problems and raise bad cholesterol levels   * Stress the endocrine system, especially pancreas, thyroid, ovaries, testes

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The amount of time the person is on the phone The model of phone being used: different phones give off different amounts of energy Whether or not the person is using a hands-free device The distance and path to the nearest cell phone tower: being farther away from the tower requires more energy to get a good signal, as does being inside a building The amount of cell phone traffic in the area at the time Cell Phone Radiation Depends On:

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If you are going to talk on the cell phone, use the speaker!!! You wont get nearly as much radiation!