万花筒 2008-06-26&-06-27 手机辐射需小心

The mobile industry seems to have largely shrugged¹ off concerns over the potential health risks of using mobile devices. But according to Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, it’s simply too early in the life of this now ubiquitous technology to be complacent² about its long-term implications.

 

We know that the studies that have been done so far to follow the health of people who use mobile phones are completely unable to answer the question of whether there’s a risk or not because they follow people for less than ten years, cause' mobile phones are such a recent technology. If you’ve had people smoke a pack of cigarette a day for ten years, you would see no effect on cancer rates because they take 15-35 years to manifest.

 

Servan Schreiber says after he published the book Anti-Cancer, he was contacted regularly by members of the public confused over the health implications of using mobile phones. So, he assembled a team of 20 top experts to look into the issue.

 

And we came to the conclusion that is very simple: one, electromagnetic fields from mobile phone penetrate³ the body, and in particular the brain. They do so much more in children to degrees that are truly alarming, if you look at the figure of mobile phone penetration⁴, it goes all the way through the brain of a 5-year-old, it goes only about this half, about this way, this deep in an adult brain if you have a phone here.

 

Servan Schreiber's Committee compiled a list of “Suggested Precautions” including:

 

Do not allow children under the age of 12 to use mobile phones except in the case of emergencies

 

Try to keep mobiles away from the body by using a hands-free kit⁵ or speaker-phone mode

 

Avoid using phones when the signal is weak or when moving at high speeds

 

And Keep mobile conversations short

 

Servan Schreiber is a brain cancer survivor⁶ himself; though he hastens to add，his cancer was diagnosed long before mobile phones went mainstream⁷. He points out that even he has a mobile phone which he will continue to use. He says his warnings are merely meant to build awareness⁸, so users and manufacturers can avoid a rude awakening⁹ years down the line.

 

1 shrugged   

vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
• She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 complacent   

adj.自满的；自鸣得意的

参考例句：

• We must not become complacent the moment we have some success.我们决不能一见成绩就自满起来。
• She was complacent about her achievements.她对自己的成绩沾沾自喜。

3 penetrate   

v.透(渗)入；刺入，刺穿；洞察，了解

参考例句：

• Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.西方观念逐渐传入东方。
• The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.阳光不能透入树木最浓密的地方。

4 penetration   

n.穿透，穿人，渗透

参考例句：

• He is a man of penetration.他是一个富有洞察力的人。
• Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.我们的目标是进一步打入市场。

5 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。

6 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

7 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

8 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

9 awakening   

n.觉醒，醒悟 adj.觉醒中的；唤醒的

参考例句：

• the awakening of interest in the environment 对环境产生的兴趣
• People are gradually awakening to their rights. 人们正逐渐意识到自己的权利。