Cell phone use and behavioural problems in young children.
Divan HA, Kheifets L, Obel C, Olsen J. · 2012
View Original AbstractChildren exposed to cell phones before and after birth showed 50% higher rates of behavioral problems by age 7.
Plain English Summary
Danish researchers studied nearly 29,000 children to see if their mothers' cell phone use during pregnancy and the children's own early phone use affected behavior at age 7. They found that children exposed to cell phones both before birth and in early childhood were 50% more likely to have behavioral problems compared to unexposed children. This large study confirms earlier findings that cell phone radiation may interfere with normal brain development during critical early years.
Why This Matters
This research represents one of the largest studies examining EMF effects on developing brains, and the results should concern every parent. The science demonstrates that children exposed to cell phone radiation both prenatally and postnatally face significantly higher odds of behavioral difficulties by age 7. What makes this study particularly compelling is that it replicated earlier findings in a completely separate group of children, strengthening the evidence that these effects are real and consistent. The reality is that today's children face far higher EMF exposures than those in this Danish cohort, as smartphone use has exploded since this data was collected. Put simply, if cell phone radiation from over a decade ago could measurably affect child behavior, today's constant exposure levels warrant serious precautionary measures during pregnancy and early childhood.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Study Details
The aim of this study is to investigate Cell phone use and behavioural problems in young children
To see if a larger, separate group of DNBC children would produce similar results after considering ...
The highest OR for behavioural problems were for children who had both prenatal and postnatal exposu...
The findings of the previous publication were replicated in this separate group of participants demonstrating that cell phone use was associated with behavioural problems at age 7 years in children, and this association was not limited to early users of the technology. Although weaker in the new dataset, even with further control for an extended set of potential confounders, the associations remained.
Show BibTeX
@article{ha_2012_cell_phone_use_and_2039,
author = {Divan HA and Kheifets L and Obel C and Olsen J.},
title = {Cell phone use and behavioural problems in young children.},
year = {2012},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21138897/},
}