When It's Not Always Good To Talk

 
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) put out a report which should be probably be filed under the 'Yep, we knew that anyway' which is to state that your mobile phone poses a risk to your health.
According to EWG’s report: 'studies of long-term cell phone use, published over the last four years, have found an increased risk of developing two types of brain tumors on the ipsilateral side (the side of the brain on which the phone is primarily held) among people who used a cell phone for longer than 10 years.'
It then goes on to cheerfully point out that this type of cancer typically takes ten to fifteen years to develop so expects future studies to point to even stronger correlations between the cancer caused by mobile use .
There are plenty of other reports which dismiss any link between mobile phones and cancers and the National Cancer Institute has an explanation that mobile emit radiation between that of a TV and a microwave oven although it rather unhelpfully states that the microwave comes with a  shielding that reduces any chance of leakage of radiation which does make you wonder why the radiation is shielded if it's harmless?
Anyway, this website has a cool graphic which shows the amount of radiation emitted by popular smartphones although it dates from 2022 so may be out of date by now but the The Motorola Edge has the highest radiation emission with 1.79 watts of radiation per kilogram which is close to the 2 W/kg limit set by the EU for cellphones which it deems hazardous.
Coming in second is the Axon 11 5G by ZTE with 1.59, followed by the OnePlus 6T at a close third with 1.55 W/kg. The Sony Experia AX2 Plus with 1.41 and the Google Pixel 3 XL and 3A XL at 1.39 round out the top five but the smartphone with the lowest SAR value is the ZTE Blade V10, with 0.13 watts of radiation per kilogram and then Samsung has the next four considered to be the best, The Galaxy Note 10+ is the best model in their line-up, emitting a meager 0.19 watts per kilogram.
The EWG doesn't recommend chucking your phone for a Samsung but advises using a headset rather than holding your phone to your ear, text more and talk less and stay off your phone if you’ve got a bad signal as the weaker your signal, the more energy (radiation) your phone has to use to connect to the nearest tower.
It also says you shouldn’t bother with 'radiation shields' which only make your phone work harder and emit more radiation than it otherwise would have which is all good advice but as for the dangers i refer to this post from 2012 when i purchased a Blackberry phone and it came with warning to: 'use hands-free operation if available and keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98in (25mm) from your body (including the abdomen of pregnant women and the lower abdomen of teenagers) when the BlackBerry is turned on and reduce the amount of time spent on calls'.