Easy Ways to Reduce Cell phone Radiation 

Cell phone radiation is not safe.  

Peer-reviewed research has demonstrated a myriad of adverse effects from cell phone radiofrequency radiation including increased brain cancer, DNA damage, oxidative stress, immune dysfunction,  altered brain development, damaged reproduction, sleep changes, hyperactivity, and memory damage.  

Thankfully you can easily reduce your daily dose with simple steps. 

Distance matters.

Keep the phone away from your head and body. While talking on your cell phone, prefer to position the cell phone away from your body as far as possible.

Whenever possible, use the speakerphone mode or an air tube wired headset (not airpods, not a Bluetooth wireless headset or earpiece).  

Avoid carrying your cell phone on your body at all times

When a wireless phone is close to you, more than 50% of the RF is absorbed into your brain and body.  

Do not carry a powered ON cell phone in your pocket or bra. Cell phones emit radiation constantly, even when you are not actively using them.

Power phones 100% off before you carry them on your body. 

Protect your fertility.

This radiation has been shown to damage sperm and ovaries. Many people move the phone away from their head to reduce exposure but then rest the phone on their lap,  forgetting that a cell phone or laptop near the abdomen results in higher radiation absorption to the reproductive organs. 

Did you know there are instructions in your cell phone manual with a seperation distance the manufactuer recommends that you keep your cell phone  away from your body? Keeping it closer than the designated distance can result in a violation of the government’s FCC limits.   See the hidden warnings in cell phone manuals here. 

Avoid using your cell phone when the signal is weak.

Be aware that when you are in an area of poor reception (i.e with two or less service bars for signal strength) the phone will increase RF radiation power output by over 1000 times to reach the nearest cell tower. 

Avoid using your cell phone when the signal is weak or inside metal vehicles (car, bus, train or airplane) and elevators, as the phone could emit a maximum amount of radiation. 

Use AIRPLANE mode and turn antennas OFF when not in use. 

Airplane mode turns off most transmitting antennas. Be aware that with newer phone models, you also must turn off Bluetooth and hotspot antennas  individually. So take the time to go to your settings, learn how to use airplane mode and ensure all your antennas are off. 

Turn your phone to airplane mode with antennas off more often in your daily life. 

When you are using a cell phone, turn off antennas that you are not using. For example, turn mobile data off when not using the internet. Turn Bluetooth  off when not in use. Otherwise, all the antennas are always transmitting all the time. 

Children should only use cell phones for emergencies.

Children’s skulls are thinner than adults’ and their brains are still developing. Hence, radiation from cell phones penetrates more deeply into their brains and is likely to cause more damage. 

Minimize children’s exposure. Be aware of how close children are to you when you are using a cell phone or wireless device because they  will absorb RF from your device.

For example: do not rest a cell phone on or near your child; do not hold a transmitting device near their bodies.

Learn more about how children are more vulnerable here. 

Do not sleep with your cell phone powered on.

Research shows that sleep is disrupted by cell phone radiation.

Need an alarm clock? Simply set the phone to “airplane” or “flight” or “off-line” mode, which will stop “wireless” electromagnetic field emissions. Better yet, get a battery powered alarm clock and turn the phone 100% off. 

Do not charge a cell phone or any electronic device near your bed.

In fact, it is best to create a sleep sancturary at night, allowing your body to rest and rejuvinate. Learn how to set up a low EMF sleep sanctuary here. 

Decrease App Radiation

Even if you are not using an App, it is always updating in the background, emitting RF into your body.  

Delete Apps you are not using. Turn off auto sync for the Apps you need and sync them manually at times when you are at a distance from the phone or when can connect with ethernet instead of Wi-Fi.

Use a corded home landline.

Use a corded home landline (not a home cordless phone, because cordless phones use electromagnetic microwave technology just like cell phones). Most cordless phone base stations constantly emit microwave radiation regardless of whether or not any connected handset is in use. The cordless phone handsets also emit microwave radiation. Corded landlines have no radiation emissions and are the best choice.

Connect your cell phone to the internet without radiation, by useing an ethernet cord. 

Yes, it is possible to connect your cell phone without radiation, by using a wire! In fact, once connected, you can do everything your cell phone usually does with Wi-Fi with a RF radiaion free connection! 

Most cell phone models allow ethernet but you must get the proper adapter. See a step by step here. 

Note: We recomend you prefer a landline phone and ethernet connected laptop/computer as the primary way to connect to the internet. However, for many people, this strategy is critical to decrease RF in their home and still ensure internet acess. 

Use your home and office corded landline for most conversations.

Forward your cell phone to landlines whenever you are at home, then power off the cell phone without missing a call. Biological effects can be related to both strength of cell phone radiation dose and duration of exposure, so consider whether or not your communication is urgent.  

Avoid using your cell phone inside spaces that are surrounded by metal like a car, elevator, bus, train, or airplane.

The metal surroundings reflect the waves inside the vehicle, often increasing your radiation exposure. Your use near others in a car also passively exposes other persons near you (children, pregnant women, and other adults) to your phone’s electromagnetic radiation fields.  

Minimize time. 

Whenever possible, minimize talk time and choose to communicate via text messaging rather than making a voice call to limit the duration of exposure and the proximity to the body.

Hold the phone out, away from your body when you press “send,” and do not rest your phone against your abdomen as you text.

Do not rest a laptop on your lap. 

Wi-Fi laptops and tablets also emit the same type of radiofrequency radiation as cell phones. 

Learn more about how to reduce exposure to wireless laptops and computers here. 

Consider a Stylus 

Using a stylus with devices can help reduce your exposure. It helps keeps your hand off the device and many people with sensitivities report a decrease in symptoms when useing a stylus. Again, we recommend useing wired technoloy as much as possible but even with wired, a stylus helps reduce EMF exposure.