• Mobile phones are a small technological miracle.

• They first became popular in the 1990’s and now millions of them are being used each day all over the world.

• In this project I will be looking at the health risks involved in the use of

mobile phones.

• A mobile phone works by the use of tiny microwaves. • It receives microwave signals from a ‘transmitter’ and

sends microwave signals back. • These signals are short on-off bursts of microwaves. • They are capable of sending a lot of information in a

very short time.

A person can use a mobile phone when they need help or when they need to contact someone.

A mobile phone can be used almost anywhere in the world.

You can do lots of things with a mobile phone, for example, you can surf the internet, send and receive messages and take photographs and videos.

• Mobile phones are expensive to buy and maintain.

• They can be harmful to the brain.

• They can cause pollution in several ways.

• When using a mobile phone some of the microwaves are absorbed into the brain.

• These cause the brain to heat slightly.

• Scientists believe that this could be linked to cancer although nothing has been proved yet.

• Even though scientists believe that using mobile phones could be linked to cancer, nothing has been proved yet.

• But by the time scientists will be able to see if there is any correlation, it will be too late.

• Even if mobile phones do damage your brain this will not happen for many years.

• Even though mobile phones could harm your brain in many years to come, they could also save your life.

• If people are aware of the health risks involved with using a mobile phone they can make the decision of whether or not to use one knowing what the consequences could be.