In this century, most children buy or receive a cell phone by their thirteenth birthday.  Some may have one as early as their ninth.  This new branch of technology is absorbing the attention of children, youth, adults, and even senior citizens.  Although most are intrigued by this attention-getter, is attention of these people the only thing being absorbed?  Cell phones endanger people of all ages for two reasons: radio waves and dangers involved while driving and phone usage. 

Anyone who talks on their cell phone is being exposed to microwave radiation.  The antenna of a person’s cell phone transmits as radio frequency radiation between 800 MHz AND 1990MHz (Brains Exposure to Cell Phone Radiation).  This type of frequency falls in the range of microwave radiation and when you are exposed to it, there may be a chance of severe health consequences.  Only a few of these consequences involving ones health might include lowering sperm count in males, causing digestive problems and raise cholesterol levels, and even stimulate asthma by producing histamine in mast cells.  

When analyzing the dangers of radiation, it is important to factor in whether or not an antenna is present.  Many of the new designs of cell phones do not have antennas, but older designs still have them included and are still being purchased.  Cell phones with antennas are dangerous.  The proximity of the antenna to your head as you communicate on your phone determines how much radiation you absorb: “between 20% and 60% of the radiation emitted by your cell phone is transferred to your head” (Amy Worthington). 

Traveling into your head, the radiation put off by mobile devices reaches an inch to and inch and a half into your brain.  However, even if an antenna is not present, cell phones can still emit dangerous radiation.