Study says mobile phone use could harm unborn children
Mon May 19, 2008 6:38PM EDT
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Last year, I wrote about a strange product called MummyWraps, created for pregnant women who wanted to protect their unborn child from
electro-smog, and while that seemed a little paranoid at the time, a recent
study found that pregnant women who use mobile phones are likely to give birth
to children with behavioral problems.
According to the the study led by the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and Aarhus, Denmark, pregnant women using mobile phones two or three times a day increased their chances of having babies with hyperactivity and behavioral problems that would affect their conduct, emotions, and relationships by the time they reached school age. Those odds increased even more if the children themselves used a phone before reaching the age of seven.
The study which surveyed the mothers of 13,159 children born in Denmark took scientists by surprise, especially UCLA's Professor Leeka Kheifets who just three years ago wrote there was no evidence that casual cell phone use had any adverse health effects on humans.
Of course, there are many other factors that could've caused behavioral problems in these children, so this is one topic we're sure to hear more about. In the meantime, if you're pregnant, you might want to take some precautions and limit your cell phone use, and those wondering about getting a cell phone for their six year old may want to wait a bit longer, just to be safe.
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2 Posted by vinha1006 on Wed May 21, 2008 3:40PM EDT Report Abuse
As usual, its the seemingly sensational that gets into public view. I just love those titillation leads put in just to grab attention. The most likely reason for hyperactivity in any child is an environment that is conducive to adding stress into a child's life, or at least not relieving those stresses constructively. Putting a child into most households now is tantamount to child abuse. How can a child be expected to be calm when it is exposed to so many pointlessly hyper adults. What is the cause of "hyperactivity/HDD/ADHD/ad nauseum? Could it be that most children are so constrained in their available play activity choices that we (adults) fail to understand that we MUST be aware of their inherent needs? Children, boys or girls, need physical play outlets to relieve stress and expend energy. Energy that seems to get in the way of parents and other putative adults "doing their thing". If you do not have the time or resources to cope with normal childhood energies as a parent or caregiver, DON'T HAVE KIDS!!!!!!
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3 Posted by live_bold06 on Thu May 22, 2008 4:41PM EDT Report Abuse
Whoever is getting a cell phone for their 6 year old needs their head examined anyway!!
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4 Posted by p_patin on Thu May 22, 2008 5:03PM EDT Report Abuse
Cell phones are unlikely the root cause of the behavior problems in the children. It's more likely that the parents are on the phone or working so much that the child feels the stress of the dual-income family where both parents work. Since work often is brought home by both parents, the kids are left to emotionally fend for themselves. Since most if not all behavior is learned, the child is unlikely be affected by the cell phone but more likely from the effect of two working parents who bring their work home. At least this is my opinion.
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5 Posted by blucobalto on Sun Jul 6, 2008 4:17PM EDT Report Abuse
i was wondering too what was the definition of hyperactivity and what behavioural problems they were refering to. most "hyperactive" kids are just normally vivacious. most "sleep problems" are the parents problems to deal with the type of children's sleep... still, it seems a good point to wait until adolescence to give a person a cell-phone. and it is really liberating to be without a cell-phone or a computer for some days. have you tried?
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1 Posted by sknygrydg07 on Tue May 20, 2008 10:29AM EDT Report Abuse
It's not the cell phone technology that's causing the emotional problems, its the social stimulus and expectations of interactivity that make people high strung.