A cordless DECT-telephone radiates in the same way as a mobile telephone mast

A DECT telephone is essentially the only type of cordless telephone that is any longer for sale. It has a charger that radiates continuously when connected to the electricity, i.e. even when not being used. The strength of the radiation close to the charger is comparable to having several mobile masts in the vicinity. And the radiation level during a phone call is ten times higher than when you make a call with a GSM-telephone

In a block of flats the radiation spreads out to a distance of around 100 metres. This means that you are even exposed to radiation from your neighbour´s cordless telephones 24 hours a day.

Cordless phones are unprofitable for companies

When DECT-telephones are used as internal phones by businesses several
transmitters are required within the premises. Absence due to illness is expensive for a company and lowers profitability. It is therefore completely logical that companies such as Telia and Ericsson have replaced their DECT-telephones with mobile phones, which put out significantly less radiation.

On the other hand, it is still profitable for Telia to sell DECT-telephones as the cost for public health damage can be passed on to the Government.

Limits for microwave radiation

Mobile telephones, cordless telephones and cordless broadband etc. all generate microwave radiation. If the dose is too high we are cooked, as we would be in a microwave oven. In order to avoid this the authorities have set fixed limits to how much radiation we should be exposed to.

However, an increasing number of scientific studies are showing that microwave radiation at a level much lower than the authorized limit is a health risk.

According to the EU´s large evaluation of risk project the the DNA in human cells shows damage already at one seventh of the radiation limit. Damage to DNA results in cancer and damage to the fetus.

Many scientific studies show health risks connected to microwave radiation

- Several studies have shown that the occurance of insomnia, tiredness, headache, dizziness, concentration difficulties and cancer increases with proximity to a mobile mast

- People who were sensitive to ordinary mobile phone radiation reacted with dizziness, nausea, nervousness, chest pains, breathing difficulties, numbness, and feelings of weakness already after 15-20 minutes exposure to 3-G radiation. The radiation level was 3770 times under the existing limit.

- Two Swedish studies showed a 3.5 to 4 times greater risk of tumours in the auditary 2.
nerve in users of cordless telephones on the same side of the head the phone was held against if the phone had been used for at least 10 years.

- A Swedish study shows a doubling of the risk for cancer for those who talk into their mobile or cordless phone for more than one hour per day.

- Half of approximately 200 investigations into mobile phone radiation show negative health effects.

Electric smog is spreading

Health-damaging microwave radiation or electric smog which reaches us all is increasing daily. Expansion of 3-G alone is going to increase the total amount of radiation several times over. Added to that we have radiation from cordless broadband which is also under expansion and from the signal system Tetra which is being purchased for police cars, ambulances, rescue services and busses. Many home appliances, for example cordless phones and computers with cordless components, give off health-damaging radiation,

How can you protect yourself?
Just as with radioactive radiation the damage becomes worse the higher the dose and the longer the time of the exposure to the radiation. Children in particular are affected. Children are especially sensitive to microwave radiation because this exposure is taking place early in their life. Furthermore their skin absorbs more energy from both mobile and cordless phones.

Swedish authorities refuse to admit there are any risks with microwave radiation at a level under the current limit despite all the research that shows the opposite. You must, therefore, take responsibility for yourself and your children and cut down your exposure to health-damaging radiation.

Start by exchanging your cordless telephone for an ordinary one.

Many people feel unwell from all the microwaves and other types of
electromagnetic radiation they are exposed to without knowing the cause. The symptoms are often not typical and are worsened by all kinds of stress, making it difficult to know what is what. If you fill in the questionnaire below you can get some idea of how serious your symptoms are.

Evaluation scale
If you do not have one of the following symptoms put a circle around the zero.
If you have one of the following symptoms all the time or most of the time circle the figure five.

If your symtoms are moderate then choose a figure in between zero and five that you think matches.

The higher your total points the greater the chance that you are suffering damage from your electrical electromagnetic environment.
If you throw out your cordless phone and, a month later, fill in the questionnaire again, you can find out if there is a correlation between your bad health and the phone. If your symptoms are a result of radiation you will see that they are considerably diminished and, sometimes the total score has even been reduced by half.

Even if you get a low score you should exchange your cordless phone for an ordinary one. Firstly, the radiation from your phone is harmful to your neighbours and your family and, secondly, you run a greater risk of developing tumours through its use even if you don´t have any other symptoms.

If your score is lower but still higher than 40 after you have got rid of your cordless telephone you need to check for other possible sources of radiation in your close environment.

Avoid speaking on mobile phones as much as possible, avoid sending SMS´s and switch off your mobile phone when it isn´t in use.
You can also print out this information and deliver it to your neighbours.