Are cell phones dangerous for kids?
Let us first clarify that no cell phone is dangerous for anyone. Unless it has razor blades hidden in the earpiece and have CS gas emit from the speaker, you can rest assured that the mobile phone is not dangerous. Driving on the wrong side of the road is dangerous, or smoking cigarettes made of asbestos is dangerous, but using a mobile phone is not. The question is, are mobile phones harmful to kids? And, does a child owning one present any sort of danger? Yes they are A mobile phone emits microwaves. Microwaves are a form of radiation that may be harmful to people. In a microwave the radiation is kept within a small box that has dissipated before you open the door. With a mobile phone the microwaves are external and so may be beamed though the child's skull. But The dose of radiation is so low that it is not harmful. The human body is built to withstand large doses of radiation, otherwise every pilot and coal miner would be dead within days. You also need to consider th...