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The Argentine Society of Pediatrics webpage on cell phone radiation and children’s health care states:

The main consequence of the interaction between non-ionizing radiation and the human body is tissue heating. However, extensive scientific reports have documented non-thermal biological effects from chronic exposure.

With respect to the child population on non-ionizing radiation, the absorption rate of microwave radiation (MWR) is greater in girls and boys than in adults because their brain tissues are more absorbent, their skulls are thinner, and their relative size is minor. The fetus is particularly vulnerable to microwave radiation (MWR), affecting a protective sheath of its neurons.
The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages more research studies to be carried out on the long-term effects of cell phone use, especially in childhood. It also proposes the revision of standards to adapt them to the current use of these devices.

Taking into account that girls and boys will have prolonged and cumulative exposure to these radiations, the objective is to prevent the risks given that these devices have greater use in our daily lives. Biological effects are directly related to the potency and duration of exposure. Children are more vulnerable to the radiation emitted, so it is about minimizing the risks

 

The Argentine Society of Pediatrics has developed a series of recommendations on cell phone radiation and children’s health care, including:

  • ● Use a cell phone within 15 cm. Distance reduces risks.
    ● Unless a cell phone is turned off, it is always radiating.
    ● When not in use, it should not be kept on the body. The best place for a cell phone is in purses or backpacks.
    ● Devices should be kept away from a pregnant woman’s abdomen and a mother should not use a cell phone while she is breastfeeding.
    ● Baby monitors should not be placed in a baby’s crib.
    ● Girls, boys and adolescents need to know how to use these devices safely. Remove cell phones from bedrooms while they sleep.
    ● Because the risk is cumulative and radiation is absorbed with more hours of use, they should learn to minimize cell phone use.
    ● Connecting to the Internet with a cable does not emit radiation and its use should be encouraged. Use wired cell phones or the “hands-free” system.
    ● Home Wi-Fi routers should be placed away from where people, especially girls and boys, spend most of their time.
    ● Do not keep cell phones near genital areas.
    ● Don’t let your child use a cell phone unnecessarily.
    ● It should be used to listen to music or play games in “Airplane mode”.
    ● Using WhatsApp or MSN is less risky than making calls.
    ● Use the cordless phone as little as possible.
    ● Limit cell phone use to areas with “good reception” since the lower the reception, the more radiation it emits and the deeper and more dangerous the radio frequency waves are.
    ● Avoid carrying your cell phone on on your body and do not sleep with your cell phone under your pillow.
    ● Respect others, many people are highly sensitive to radio frequency.

Numerous Medical Organizations and Scientific Groups recommend reducing wireless radiation to protect children.

Scientists appeal to the Italian government 

UK and International Medical and Scientific Experts

5G Appeal to the European Union by Hundreds of Scientists  

American Academy of Pediatrics – Letters Calling for Updating Radiation Standards

US Doctors and Experts National 5G Resolution

EMF Scientist Appeal

International Society of Doctors for Environment – Appeal for a 5G Standstill

Scientists Join Canadian Doctor Appeal on 5G 

Ontario Doctors Appeal and former Microsoft Canada President 

The EMF Call – Protective Limits for Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields

Vienna Medical Association 

The European Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks Worcester School’s Standing Committee consulted with the Massachusetts Department of Epidemiology – Best Practices, Minimizing Exposure to RF

ANSES, France’s National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety – Recommends Moderate Use of Wireless Communication Technologies by Children 

ANSES, France’s National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety – Recommends Limiting The Population’s Exposure to RF  

World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research. 

New Jersey Education Association – Minimize Health Risks from Electronic Devices

Environment and Human Health, Inc. – Technology, Exposures, Health Effects

Irish Doctors Environmental Association

Bioinitiative Working Group – 2012 Report on Biologically Based Exposure Standards 

International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space, Scientists (4,503), Engineers (8,036), Medical Doctors (2,593), Nurses (4,177), Psychologists, Psychotherapists and Social Workers(9,663)

German Environmental Organisation “Bund” – Petition to Stop 5G in Hamburg

German Doctors Delegation – Open Letter to Prime Minister Kretschmann

Hippocrates Electrosmog Appeal of Belgium – Over 550 Health Professional Signatures 

Pancyprian Medical Association & Cyprus National Committee on the Environment and Child Health – Public Health Dangers from the 5G Network

California Department of Public Health –  Reduce Exposure to Radiofrequency From Cell Phones

The BabySafe Project – Health Professionals Warn of Dangers of Wireless Radiation on  Pregnancy

Turin Medical Association of Italy – Changes in the Law on Electromagnetic Radiation Needed

Department of Pediatrics at Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital – Statement by Dr. Eitan Kerem

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine – Recommendations,  Letter to the FCC 

Association for Consumer Protection in Romania

Cleveland Clinic  

Swiss Physicians Association of Doctors for Environmental Protection – Apply The Precautionary Principle for Wireless Devices

Swiss Physicians Association of Doctors for Environmental Protection – Preliminary Draft for a Federal Law Protecting Against the Dangers of Non-Ionizing Radiation

African Cancer Organisation – Advisory to Keep Children From Mobile Phones

The Cyprus National Committee on Environment and Child Health – Recommendations to Reduce Exposure to Children

Austrian Medical Association – Nicosia Declaration on Health Impacts from EMF and RF Radiation 

Austrian Medical Association – Practical Rules to Decrease Wireless EMF Radiation Exposure