How to Protect Your Family

Power off in vehicles•Mobiledevicesdistractdrivers,emitmoreintenseradiationduringtravel,andmetalsurroundingscreateradiationhot-zones.

Choose wired over wireless•Getacordedlandlinephoneandforwardcellphonestoit.•Usecordedplug-in(non-wireless)connectionsforprinter,mouse,internet,gaming,androuters,etc.—withallwirelessfunctionsOFF.

Safeguard sleep•Stopuseofandpoweroffcomputers,tabletsandphonesonehour(orlonger)beforebedtime.

•Donotsleepwithacellphone,tabletorlaptop.

Maximize distance from self and others•Radiationdecreasesasyoumoveawayfromthesource.• Locatedevicesawayfromlaps,brasandpockets,astheradiationcandamagespermandmaybelinkedtobreastcancer.

•Useairtubeheadsetorusespeakerphoneatmaximumdistancefromheadandbody.

Protect children•Childrenareparticularlyvulnerableandshouldnotusecellphonesexceptinanemergency.

• Ifchildrenareusingaphoneorotherdeviceforworkorplay,selectall3ofthefollowingsettingstoturnofftheradiationfromcellphonesandwirelessdevices:AirplanemodeON,andWi-FiOFF,andBluetoothOFF.

•Don’tuseamobiledevicewhileachildisonyourlaporinyourarms.

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Doctors’ Advice to Patients & Families

Wireless & Health:Simple Precautions

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How Wireless Impacts Children’s Health

Wirelessdevices—suchastablets,laptops,gameconsoles,babymonitors,andwifirouters—allemitthesametypeofwirelessmicrowaveradiationascellphones.Children,pregnantwomen,andmenhopingtofatherhealthychildrenaremorevulnerabletothisexposure.

Wireless Radiation Exposures

Numerousstudiesindicatethatwirelessexposuresdecreasespermquantityandquality(includingalteredDNA)anddamagetestesandovaries.

Wireless Exposure Damages Brains

Accumulating research shows that wireless microwave radiationaffectsfetalbraindevelopment,theimmunesystemandreproductivefunction. Even very low doses of wireless radiation affect brainmetabolismandelectricalactivity.

Yale University researchers found that when pregnant mice wereexposedtoradiationfromasimulatedoperatingphone,theiroffspringhad impairedmemory, increased hyperactivity and altered brains.Several researchstudiesshowwireless impairsbraindevelopmentatvariousages.

WirelessradiofrequencyradiationwasclassifiedasaClass2B“PossibleHumanCarcinogen”bytheWorldHealthOrganization’sInternationalAgencyforResearchonCancerin2011.Evidencehas increasedsince2011,indicatingthatcellphoneandwirelessradiationshouldbeclassifiedasa“probablecarcinogen”becauseofincreasedbraincancer(Davisetal.,2015).

Thoseexposedatyoungeragesshowuptoeighttimesmorebraincancerrisk.

Increased Cancer Risk

The Child Brain and Skull Absorb up to Ten Times More Invisible Wireless Radiation than the Adult (Gandhietal.,2012)

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Over 20 countries—including France, Belgium, Israel and theEuropeanUnion—havetakenpolicyactionsto“reduceexposuretochildren,”addressingcellphones,laptops,celltowersandWi-Fiinschoolsinordertoprotectpublichealth.

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Newanatomicallybasedresearchshowsradiationabsorption.

Cellphoneradiationabsorbedintobrain,skull,andeyesof6-year-old(Fernandez et al., 2015)

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS Ferreira and de Salles (2015)

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Testes Damaged by Wi-Fi Equipment Radiation

Government Protections Worldwide

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