Yes, we seem to have a talent for harming ourselves with our own “innovations.” Hopefully we can improve the safety of the technology that we have today and be more cautious and thorough with future technology.

You may very well be right about climate change. In B. Blake Levitt’s book, she says that some frequencies of electromagnetic radiation have the potential to reach the magnetosphere and change it’s structure. The magnetosphere is the magnetic region surrounding the earth that protects us from the deadly ranges of the sun’s radiation, and such changes can have “profound implications on global weather patterns.”

There has been a 25% increase in thunderstorms in North America between 1930 and 1975 in comparison to the preceding 30 years. I suspect that this number has since increased.

The last generation was probably better off!

You can minimize your exposure to cell phone radiation by using a simple phone that doesn’t use all of the modern data features, by not having it on all the time, and most importantly, using speakerphone or a wired headset instead of holding it directly up to your ear.

You can also minimize your exposure in an office by properly arranging the furniture and equipment. I’ll discuss this in more detail in the next article. If the radiation is bad enough, you can also complain about it. Although it might require educating and convincing the right people, you might be surprised at how willing an employer may be to rectify the situation. It’s not unheard of for a company to relocate to a different office because of this.