• Question: how do mobile phones affect how your brain works?

    Asked by ailhep123 to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 16 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by mrmumble.
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      Suzi Gage answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Hi @ailhep123
      I don’t know the answer to this, but I hope they don’t do anything too bad! A couple of people have asked whether keeping your phone under your pillow is bad for you, and this is what I replied to them:

      I think there are rumours that it can give you cancer, but currently there is no strong evidence to suggest this.

      I hope it’s not true, because I use my phone as an alarm clock so mine is next to my head every night.

      Because mobile phones are still quite new, it’s impossible to look at long term effects of them, but people are researching this question at the moment.

      Hope that answers your question
      🙂

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