The recent report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) about the potential connection between cell phone use and cancer is big news to media outposts and the general public. Prior to the report, scientists told us no evidence existed that cell phones were carcinogenic. And now? According to the IARC, research now proves that there is evidence that cell phones might in fact be carcinogenic. The potential villains in this scenario are radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, which are emitted by a cell phone’s antenna, and which the agency says may be linked to two types of brain cancer.

The World Health Organization will study the report and release a statement and guidelines in July. Until then, keep these tips in mind for safer chatting:

1. Talk less, text more.

The further you keep your phone from your head, the smaller the risk of RF energy exposure to your brain. If you just need to relay information or ask a basic question, do it with a text rather than a call.

2. Keep your mobile conversations to a minimum.

Phone conferences and leisurely gabfests should be done on a landline. When you need to make a call on the go, keep it short and sweet.

3. Use a headset.

Ditched the landline? Use a hands-free device like a headset or talk on speaker phone (preferably the former when in public).

4. Keep your kids’ phone use to a minimum.

Since children’s skulls are thinner than adults’ and their nervous systems are still developing, researchers believe they may be at a greater risk for cell phone-related cancers. They’ll also be exposed to the potentially harmful radiation significantly longer than their parents’ generation. Until more is known about the possible carcinogenic effects of cell phone use, curb your kids’ cell phone habits by encouraging texting or using a landline instead.

近期，國際癌癥研究署發(fā)布了一則關于手機和癌癥有潛在聯(lián)系的報告，引起了各大媒體和公眾的注意。在發(fā)布這則報告之前，科學家告訴我們沒有證據(jù)能證明手機是致癌的。現(xiàn)在呢？國際癌癥研究機構(gòu)稱，目前已有研究證明手機可能會致癌的事實。潛在的致癌因素是由手機天線產(chǎn)生的射頻電磁場，研究院稱這種輻射可能與兩種腦腫瘤有聯(lián)系。

世界衛(wèi)生組織將對該報告做進一步研究并于七月發(fā)布了一份聲明和準則。到那時，就要牢牢記住這些安全聊天的小訣竅：

1、少講電話，多發(fā)短信

你的頭部離電話越遠，大腦受到輻射能量風險就越小。如需要轉(zhuǎn)達信息或問問題，發(fā)短息而不是打電話。

2、盡量縮短通話時間

電話會議和長時間的閑聊應該用座機。當你需要大移動電話時，保持簡短和親切。

3、多用耳機

除了座機，用免提設備像耳機或者用揚聲器電話交談（公開場合前者更好）。

4、盡量少讓小孩用電話

由于小孩的頭骨比成人小得多，而他們的神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)也仍處于發(fā)育階段，研究人員認為孩子們患上手機相關癌癥的風險更大。他們還將面臨比父輩更長的潛在有害輻射。在了解到更多手機可能致癌信息之前，控制小孩使用手機的習慣，鼓勵他們多發(fā)短息、多用座機。