Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Goodbye and good riddance to cell phones!

As one more step toward sustainability, we canceled our cell phone account. Recently I've been paying more attention to the talk about how holding a wireless device next to your head all the time CAN'T BE A GOOD IDEA. The official studies that are funded by communications companies which are making a KILLING off everyone buying a new cell phone every 2 years say it's really fine and won't cause you to grow a tumor behind your ear, but I'm suspicious. Plus we can't afford the bill for $90 a month anymore with only one income. So we got a land line, canceled the account, and just keep the phones in the cars now with some pay-as-you-go minutes on them for times when we end up in a ditch and need to call for help. They say that people in rural areas are actually exposed to more electromagnetic radiation from their phones because their phones have to work harder to communicate with far away cell towers. Here's some good information: http://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation/fullreport. To all my loved ones, please consider reducing your usage.

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