Communications and Networks

Should you worry about Cell Phone, Cellular Antenna, and Wi-Fi Device Radiation ?

Billions of people use cell phones throughout the whole world, from the population 80% accessed to cell phone services from antenna. Wi-Fi signals for example, making business, public areas and also for home purpose has broadened is function efficiently. These numbers of users are expected to increase sharply in the next coming years, and many users are concern about potential health effect from cell phones, cellular antenna and Wi-Fi devices. Some users making a judgment by suffer rare illness have filled lawsuit against cell phones companies. Therefore, the cases usually are lost due to lack of scientific evidence towards the issue of the phone to illness.

Debates are take place in communities to discuss over placement of cellular antennas when everything breach the Act of 1996 when local government prohibit from considering health effects when making decision about cellular antenna placement.

Whatever it is, every party agree that no studies conclusively demonstrate negative health effects from cell phones, cellular antenna, and Wi-Fi devices because the technology is too new and take some time to experiment the effect.

Sources: Ethics & Issue, Shelly Cashman Series. 2011 (Text Book)