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Cell Phone Use by Pregnant Mamas Could Breed Brats, Study Says
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Now comes the news that pregnant moms who use cell phones could increase the odds that their kids will be brats.
Researchers have found that the radiation exposure from cell phones increases the risk of having kids with behavioral problems, Reuters reports.
The study is likely to renew controversy over the safety of cell phones and whether or not they directly cause the behavioral problems, Reuters says.
"It is hard to understand how such low exposures could be influential," Dr. Leeka Kheifets, an epidemiologist at the University of California Los Angeles who led the study, tells Reuters in a telephone interview. "It is just something that needs to be pursued."
The researchers looked at data from 28,000 7-year-olds and their mothers who took part in a large Danish study that has been tracking 100,000 women who were pregnant between 1996 and 2002, according to the news service.
The mothers of about 3 percent of the children said their kids had borderline behavioral problems, and 3 percent showed abnormal behavior, such as obedience or emotional issues, the study showed.
The children whose mothers used cell phones while pregnant, and who also used the phones themselves, were 50 percent more likely to have behavioral problems, the researchers report in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Children whose mothers used the phones but who did not themselves use mobile phones were 40 percent more likely to have behavioral problems, the study found. Researchers add that the children were no more likely to have epilepsy or delays in development.
About 5 billion mobile phones are in use worldwide, according to reports. However, the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health have found no evidence that cellphone use can damage health.
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12-07-2010 @ 8:24PM
Kerry said...that's stupid! you can't possibly come up with those statistics! in order to preform an experiment like that each child would have to be raised in exactly the same household manner with the same values and lessons etc. and have exactly the same experiences except for the amount of cellphone usage! then you could come up with that statistic, but the connection between cell phone usage and bratiness of children could only possibly come from the parent ignoring their child and occupying themselves with their cellphone instead!
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12-07-2010 @ 9:17PM
jessica said...This is an observational study. Doing what you said would be unethical. There are plenty of tests to determine the probability, relative risk, and odds of this study. Don't call people stupid when you are uneducated.
12-07-2010 @ 10:30PM
Jennifer said...Yes, but Jessica, this article is making causation claims from data collection, when in reality, the only causation claims you can make come from scientific experiments which are void of most biases, similar to the one in which kerry proposed. Although it is unethical to perform such a study, her idea is not necessarily off the mark, and so perhaps you should educate yourself before insulting others.
12-08-2010 @ 10:46AM
Sassy said...This is really stretching it that is for sure. I see them having a hard time coming up with proof except that the older the generation the more polite the seem to be at times. But that is an observation too. Save your money to help your kid learn to do the same that is proven! Http://bit.ly/dailysample has great free stuff and coupons to help.
12-09-2010 @ 9:25AM
Laura Beline said...Even if you can't part with your cellphone for 9 whole months, probably not carrying on your body (jeans pocket or whatever) will probably at least help. If you're home, leave it on a counter or table where you can hear it, but not walk around with it on your hip or Bluetooth in ear all day. For new baby items you can get for free - Http://bit.ly/BABYlanding and their Free Stuff page has some great items, no questions asked....just free.
12-09-2010 @ 7:56PM
Kelly said...Huh....so women who use cell phones, and walk around talking on the phone instead of dealing with their kids may have kids with behavioral problems........I didn't need a study to tell me that. Just walk through the mall and watch them!
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12-07-2010 @ 9:35PM
sarah said...No...It is saying that Pregnant woman who use cell phones may cause their baby to be born with development and behavioral problems...But as far as having definite proof, I say they don't have any...Only 3% of 28,000 say their children have problems...How do they know it was cell phone usage and not something else...I don't think this study shows much based on the way the article was written...
12-08-2010 @ 1:20AM
Pookie said...Excellent reply! What a hoot!
12-08-2010 @ 11:13AM
Sandy said...You took the words right out of my mouth. Babies hate to see their moms on the phone, yakking constantly instead of giving them attention. That is probably the actual correlation between brats and cell phone usage.
12-07-2010 @ 10:03PM
Sophia's Mommy said...This article is unbelievable. Mainly because as one person stated you need to have all the kids raised in the same manner with the same rules and all those things to be able to even do the study.
Cellphones and radiation i believe it . But it being linked to behavioral problems >! I highly doubt that.
Kids learn what they are taught and obviously don't learn what they are not taught.
Your kids has :behavioral issues is not because you used a cellphone while pregnant, it's most likely because you let your kid run around like a nut case doing what they want with out repercussion && if you used a cellphone while pregnant there is a good chance you were using the phone when you should have been watching and teaching your kid..
I don't believe this article one bit about pregnancy and cellphones relating to behavioral problems. it's all about parenting.
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12-07-2010 @ 10:04PM
Gale Glassner Twersky said...I suggest that you research Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) to learn how cell phones influence our ideal frequency of approx.10 hertz(the same range as the earth and nature) with either much higher or much lower frequency. Our body is, in its own way, electric and is affected by cell phone frequencies as well as hand-held portable phone frequencies, as well as hair dryers, as well as sleeping within 10-12" from your clock radio that is plugged in, etc. etc.. Use an EMF meter to test your home, office, car, etc. and find out what to do to correct it. When cell signaling (part of our energy system) is interrupted/altered it can cause problems for us.
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12-08-2010 @ 5:36AM
Tony D said...Yes, Gale and there's a Big Space Ship in the sky waitng to take you away.
12-07-2010 @ 10:08PM
Denise said...behavioral problems because the moms continue to gab on the phone and are not paying attention to and raising their children. Wow...could this equak behavioral problems. This is not about radiation. This is about moms not prioritizing. Put down the phone and raise your kids...!
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12-07-2010 @ 10:32PM
Jennifer said...Exactly! If the kids are brats, they're probably only showing as brats when they're older, and the parents had time to use their cell phones around their kids and ignore them.
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12-08-2010 @ 1:39AM
Pookie said...Gotta love those 'researchers.' I think the problem is with the 'I've got to feel important' cellphone obsessed, one armed mothers and not the phone itself.
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12-08-2010 @ 4:28AM
mary ann larssen said...it's a GOP plot against the poor & middle classes....after all, China limits the number of brats born, y not US?
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12-08-2010 @ 4:59AM
Tube Radio said...For you *Air Travelers* those full body scans will have no effect on you. You people were more than likely argumentative* angry* pain in the butt people all along.
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