Mercola ~ Pregnant Woman should avoid cell phone's

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Should Pregnant Women Avoid Cell Phones?

It will be a long time before these findings are thoroughly explored or

publicized, but in the meantime there is reason to believe that cell phones

could have a negative impact on a developing fetus, just as they may have a

negative impact on you and your children. In 2008, researchers analyzed data

from nearly 13,000 children and found that exposure to cell phones while in the

womb, and also as children, was linked to more behavioral difficulties.i

Pregnant women using handsets just two or three times a day was enough to raise

the risk of their babies developing hyperactivity and difficulties with conduct,

emotions and relationships by the time they reached school age -- and the risk

became even greater if the children also used the phones themselves before age

7.

The 2008 study revealed that mothers who used mobile phones were in fact 54

percent more likely to have children with behavioral problems. When the children

also later used the phones themselves, they were:

80 percent more likely to suffer from difficulties with behavior

25 percent more at risk from emotional problems

34 percent more likely to suffer from difficulties relating to their peers

35 percent more likely to be hyperactive

49 percent more prone to problems with conduct