That's the second paragraph of this posted article with the FDA basically saying we don't know if cell phones are safe long term.
I wanted to read the paper linked in comment# 1 before I wrote anything more since I started the thread. There's another link at comment# 12 that's worth a gander if the science is over your head.
IMHO, prudence dictates that you keep your landlines, and use your cellphones next to your ears just for emergencies. That's what I'm telling family and friends. This is starting to look like a tort lawyer's delight.
If you are in a place where you can, and privacy is not an issue (nor is there anyone around to annoy), use the speakerphone.
Iirc, EM radiation decreases by the distance to the third power.
I also use external antennae when I use the phone, more often than not (simply because I need to use an amplifier and a directional antenna where I use the phone the most). Distance and shielding (from the structure I am in) should help. I’m not getting rid of the landline anyway.
Thanks for the ping!
I share your concerns about cell phones. It’s discouraging to see so many children talking on cell phones for hours and hours.
I also wonder about wireless signals in general, such as for computers. We have them going all the time. If the signal is going through walls, I would think it would go through me as well. Though I did have a cat that for some reason liked to curl up right in front of my wireless card on an old computer, and her little three-pound body would actually block the signal sometimes.
Cell phones come with a warning in them now.
So the cell phone vendors are covering their liability tail ends.