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Photon energies of RF electromagnetic waves
have not a level to be able to ionize atoms and molecules.
Visible light, infrared light and RF waves
which are the low frequency form of electromagnetic radiation
are the example of non-ionizing radiation.
As a result of exposing to non-ionizing
electromagnetic waves, two kinds of effect can occur in
organisms:
Thermal effects and non-thermal effects.
Thermal
effects are defined as the electromagnetic energy that is
absorbed by body, is converted to heat and increase the heat.
This heat continues to increase until
it is balanced by letting out it with blood stream.
Heat increase that can be caused by RF
sources like cell phones is normally very low and probably can
be neutralized by body’s common mechanisms.
The heat increase that can be created in
brain is nearly
0,10C
[11].
Illness and disturbances which are claimed to
be depended on non-thermal effects but affected from RF waves
consist insomnia, inattentiveness and headaches.
But,
these risks can be valid for very high experimental doses and
time of exposure and these results are not valid for cell phone
usage.
Highly energized ionizing electromagnetic
waves can cause molecular changes that can damage to the DNA and
biologic tissues which are containing genetic materials.
This effect can be come through by
interacting with highly energized photons such as x-rays and
gamma rays.
It is
known that the ionizing radiation causes to mutation and cancer
by effecting genetic material of cell (DNA) in addition to RF
waves that have proven similar effects.
In recent years, the matter of that if cell
phones increase especially brain tumors has came up, but the
researches that was done until now, didn’t show any definite
evidences about that the cell phone usage is causing cancer.
Finally, the detailed researches that are performed in U.S.A and
Denmark are clearly showed that the cell phone usage does not
increase the brain tumor risk [12]-[14]. On the other hand,
researches which are performed until now, are not enough to say
that there is no any relation between cell phone technology and
cancer. Therefore, foremost World
Health Organization and other organizations started much more
detailed researches about this matter.
It is expected to get the results of
these researches in the coming years.
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