1. Health and Cell Phones Alsh., Moayad Alqarni, Sami Feb 14, 2012

2. Outline.. Outline.. Introduction Side effects o Thermal o Cancer o Usage symptoms Risk Minimization.. conclusion

3. Introduction.. Introduction.. Cell phones in our daily life o Study in U.S. o Worldwide (700 million)

4. Side Effects.. Side Effects.. Thermal o Microwave radiation and dielectric heat How Temperature regulation o Radio Absorption Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)

5. Cancer.. Cancer.. Radio Frequencies o Exposure factors o Studies: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency German Federal Office for Radiation Protection

6. Usage symptoms.. Usage symptoms.. Sleep disturbances Dizziness Loss of metal attention Headaches

7. Risk Minimization.. Risk Minimization.. hands-free kits reduce the amount of time spent on your phone place more distance between your body and your phone Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) o 0.6 and below. Recycling 1 phone  44 hours laptop life time

8. Conclusion.. Conclusion..

9. Refrences.. Refrences.. http://www.secret-life.org/cell_health.php http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20090914/CellPhoneHe alth.jpg http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20090914/CellPhoneHe alth.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_radiatio n_and_health http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_radiatio n_and_health http://www.fda.gov/Radiation- EmittingProducts/RadiationEmittingProductsandPro cedures/HomeBusinessandEntertainment/CellPhon es/ucm116282.htm http://www.fda.gov/Radiation- EmittingProducts/RadiationEmittingProductsandPro cedures/HomeBusinessandEntertainment/CellPhon es/ucm116282.htm