A study of 13.000 children reveals the association between cell phone use and behavioral problems.
Women who use a cell phone during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to children with behavioral problems, according to research conducted by two leading universities.
A gigantic survey of more than 13.000 children found that pregnant women using a mobile phone 2-3 times a day were enough to increase their children's chances of developing hyperactivity, behavioral problems, and emotional distress. problems. He also showed that the probability is greater when the children themselves use mobile phones before the age of 7 years.
The results of the research - the first of its kind - surprised the scientists who conducted it and who relied on the warnings of the "Russianradiationwatchdogbody", about the use of mobile phones by pregnant women and children, which states that the danger posed by the use mobile, is not much less than smoking or drinking alcohol.
The study, conducted by the Universities of California (UCLA) and Aarhus, Denmark, will be published in the July issue of the JournalEpidemiology and will be of particular importance because one of the authors of the article was particularly skeptical about whether cell phones are endangered. health.
University of California professor Leeka Kheifets, a member of the InternationalCommitteeonNon-IonizingRadiationProtection, wrote in an article 3 years ago that research on people using cell phones did not show enough evidence to link the report. and any adverse effects on the user's health.
The researchers asked the mothers of 13 children born in Denmark in the late 159s about cell phone use during pregnancy, the use of mobile phones by children, and their behavior until the age of 90 years old. Because these women gave birth before cell phone use became universal and global, about half of mothers used it infrequently or not at all, allowing comparisons to be made and safe results to be obtained.
Research results
They found that mothers who used a cell phone were 54% more likely to have children with problem behaviors and that the rate increased with the amount of dynamic radiation exposure.
When children themselves later used a cell phone, they were 80% more likely to have problem behaviors, 25% more likely to have emotional problems, 34% more likely to have problems in their relationships with their peers, 49% more likely to be delinquent . The scientists say the results were "unexpected". When they tried to explain them by analyzing other possible causes - smoking during pregnancy, family psychiatric history, socio-economic level - they discovered that the association with cell phone use instead of disappearing, became even stronger.
They add that there may be other possible explanations that have not been checked - for example, mothers who used the mobile phone may have paid less attention to their children - and stress that the results should be interpreted carefully and checked with more studies. But they conclude by emphasizing that "if they are true, then they will be largely to blame for public health."
Professor SamMilham (MountSinaiSchoolofMedicine- UniversityofWashingtonSchoolofPublicHealth), one of the pioneers of research in this field, recently stated "I have no doubt that the results are true." He said a recent Canadian study of pregnant mice exposed to similar radiation had revealed structural changes in newborn brains.
Conclusions
The RussianNationalCommitteeonNon-IonizingRadiationProtection emphasizes that mobile phone use by pregnant women and children should be limited. He emphasizes that children who use the mobile phone frequently are more likely to suffer from memory impairment, attention deficit, learning and perception disorders in a short period of time and the long-term effects include depression syndrome and brain nerve degeneration.
Source: paidiatros.com