Is cell phone damaging to unborn babies?
According to a journal article, cell phone usage during pregnancy has been linked to children with behavioral problems later in childhood. The research was done by UCLA and Aarhus, Denmark. Here is a newspaper article about the research.
While the newspaper article (I haven’t read the journal article itself - but who likes to read accademic journal articles anyway) implies that using a cell phone during pregnancy causes behavioral problems in children and while that might be the case, we won’t know until more research is done.
My feeling is that there is a relationship between the type of person that uses a cell phone several times a day and a child with supposed behavioral problems. In other words, perhaps there is a genetic cause for the type of personality that uses a cell phone and that genetic trait could be passed on to a child. Basically, I think we are seeing a correlation rather than causation. Regardless of what is really taking place here, both BM and I might be in trouble since we both pretty much live on our cell phones.
Needless to say, I am trying to use this forum to pass online information that I run across that other parents or soon to be parents might find helpful. You can read the article here.
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