Center for Family and Community Health School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley
Factsheets, scientific studies and public lectures on cell towers, cell phone radiation and health risks by Dr. Moskowitz, Director of the Center for Family and Community Health School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley.
TIPS TO REDUCE YOUR WIRELESS RADIATION EXPOSURE
- Keep a distance. Avoid holding your cell phone or cordless phone near your head or body during phone calls. Don’t carry your cell phone in your pocket, in your bra, or close to your body when it is powered on. Especially keep the phone away from your head and reproductive organs. Use speakerphone, text, or wired headset. Avoid talking longer than necessary.
- Wait for a good signal. When the signal is poor, your wire- less devices emit more radiation so avoid use when surround- ed by metal such as in an elevator, or while travelling in auto- mobiles, buses, trains or aircraft.
- Reduce secondhand exposure. Reduce the time you spend in locations where many people are using cell phones in close proximity to each another, especially on public transit.
- Turn off wireless devices at bedtime. Turn off your cell phone, Wi-Fi router, and other wireless devices at bedtime and at other times when not in use.
- Minimize children’s use & exposure to wireless radiation. Children’s health risks are greater so limit their use of cell phones and other wireless devices. Turn off Wi-Fi and cellular on devices used by kids. Teach children to use wireless technology safely.
- Pregnancy & fertility. If you are pregnant or planning for a baby be especially careful as wireless radiation exposure is linked to reproductive health effects and also to sperm damage. Do not use a wireless tablet or laptop in your lap.
- Use airplane mode. Turn off cell phones and other wireless devices when not in use or switch to Airplane Mode. Turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth when not in use.
- Use wired connections. Use a wired, land line phone whenever possible. Forward cell phone calls to your land line and check on them when you get home. Use wired Internet connections.
- Electromagnetic hypersensitivity. If you think you are devel- oping allergic symptoms from wireless radiation exposure, keep a log of your exposures and your symptoms. Then reduce your exposures for two weeks, and see if your symptoms are re- duced. Discuss the results with your healthcare provider.
- Governmental action is essential. Send the International EMF Scientist Appeal (EMFscientist.org) to your elected representa- tives. Ask them to adopt policies to make wireless technology safer. Encourage them to fund education and research through a modest fee on mobile device subscriptions (e.g. a nickel a month). Work with others to get schools to remove Wi-Fi and provide students with Internet access via wired networks.
Scientific American: We Have No Reason to Believe 5G is Safe. by Joel Moskowitz PhD
Dr. Moskowitz has a scientific blog Electromagnetic Radiation Safety
Kituo cha Familia na Afya ya Jumuiya (CFHS) Chuo Kikuu cha Afya ya Umma cha California, Berkeley, ni kituo cha utafiti wa kisayansi na hotuba za umma juu ya minara ya simu za mkononi, mnururisho wa simu za mkononi na hatari za afya na Dk Moskowitz, Mkurugenzi wa Kituo cha Familia na Afya ya Jumuiya (CFS) Chuo Kikuu cha Afya ya Umma cha California, Berkeley. KUDHEKA KUZUIA MISHIKI YAKO YA MISHIKI YA NIRIA - Weka umbali. Usikate simu yako karibu na kichwa au mwili wakati wa mazungumzo ya simu. Usiweke simu yako ya mkononi mfukoni, kwenye bra, au karibu na mwili wako inapokuwa imewasha. Weka simu mbali na kichwa na viungo vya uzazi. Tumia simu ya sauti, ujumbe wa maandishi, au vichwa vya sauti vyenye waya. Epuka kuongea kwa muda mrefu kuliko inahitajika. - Subiri ishara nzuri. Wakati ishara ni duni, vifaa yako wireless- chini kutoa mionzi zaidi hivyo kuepuka matumizi wakati kuzungukwa na chuma kama vile katika lifti, au wakati wa kusafiri katika magari, mabasi, treni au ndege. - Punguza mwangaza wa mara kwa mara. Punguza muda unaotumia katika maeneo ambapo watu wengi wanatumia simu za mkononi karibu na kila mmoja, hasa katika usafiri wa umma. - Zima vifaa visivyo na waya kabla ya kulala. Zima simu yako ya mkononi, router ya Wi-Fi, na vifaa vingine vya wireless kabla ya kulala na wakati mwingine wakati hautumiki. - Punguza matumizi ya watoto na kuambukizwa kwa mionzi isiyo na waya. Hatari za afya za watoto ni kubwa zaidi kwa hiyo weka mipaka ya matumizi yao ya simu za mkononi na vifaa vingine visivyo na waya. Weka Wi-Fi na simu za mkononi kwenye vifaa vinavyotumiwa na watoto. Wafundishe watoto kutumia vifaa vya kompyuta kwa usalama. - ujauzito na uzazi. Ikiwa wewe ni mjamzito au unapanga kupata mtoto, kuwa makini hasa kama mfiduo wa mionzi ya wireless ni kuhusishwa na athari za afya ya uzazi na pia kwa uharibifu wa shahawa. Usitumie kompyuta kibao au kompyuta ndogo isiyo na waya kwenye kiuno chako. - Tumia hali ya ndege. Zima simu za mkononi na vifaa vingine vya wireless wakati havitumiwi au ubadilishe kwa hali ya ndege. Zima Wi-Fi na Bluetooth wakati hautumiki. - Tumia miunganisho ya waya. Tumia simu ya simu ya nyumbani inapokuwa na uwezo. Pitia simu za mkononi kwenye simu yako ya nyumbani na uone ikiwa unaendelea vizuri. Tumia miunganisho ya Internet yenye waya. - Uwezo wa umeme wa sumaku. Ikiwa unafikiri una dalili za mzio kutokana na mfiduo wa mionzi ya wireless, weka rekodi ya mfiduo wako na dalili zako. Kisha kupunguza mfiduo wako kwa wiki mbili, na kuona kama dalili zako ni redu- duced. Zungumza na mtoa huduma wako wa afya kuhusu matokeo hayo. - Hatua ya serikali ni muhimu. "Kutumia barua pepe ya ""Mkutano wa Kimataifa wa Wanasayansi wa EMF"" (EMFscientist.org) kwa wawakilishi wako waliochaguliwa." Waulize watumie sera za kufanya teknolojia ya wireless iwe salama zaidi. Kuchochea fedha kwa ajili ya elimu na utafiti kwa njia ya malipo ya kiasi juu ya vifaa vya simu (kwa mfano, senti moja kwa mwezi). Shirika la elimu la Marekani limetoa wito kwa shule zote kuondoa mtandao wa Wi-Fi na kuwapa wanafunzi uwezo wa kutumia mtandao wa mtandao kupitia mtandao wa waya. "Scientific American: ""Hatuna sababu ya kuamini 5G ni salama" "Mwanamke huyo, ambaye ni mwanafunzi wa chuo kikuu cha Joel Moskowitz, aliandika katika blogu yake ya ""Safety Electromagnetic Radiation."""