Using a mobile phone while pregnant can seriously damage your baby – The Independent

What with all the gender-bending plasticizers we’re using and this recent study showing the effects of cellphone use by pregnant mothers on future generations I wonder whether we’re inadvertently conducting a massive unplanned experiment on our children.

I’m also relieved by the fact that I barely use a cellphone (or even a land line).

…mothers who did use the handsets were 54 per cent more likely to have children with behavioral problems and that the likelihood increased with the amount of potential exposure to the radiation. And when the children also later used the phones they were, overall, 80 per cent more likely to suffer from difficulties with behavior. They were 25 per cent more at risk from emotional problems, 34 per cent more likely to suffer from difficulties relating to their peers, 35 per cent more likely to be hyperactive, and 49 per cent more prone to problems with conduct.

Warning: Using a mobile phone while pregnant can seriously damage your baby – Health News, Health & Wellbeing – The Independent


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Published: May 19 2008

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