New Android App to Protect Cell Phone Users from the Health Hazards of Smartphones

Safe Phone is a first of its kind activity tracking smartphone app developed

by Dr. Madhukar Dama. He says, “According to the World Health Organization

Smartphones have the potential to cause cancer, Users of this new app

needn’t worry though; Safe Phone app helps in using the smartphone wisely,

keeping the hazards and radiation in check and making sure app users stay

healthy.”

The idea of Safe Phone app was conceived after success of his 2013 book

Mobile Phone Safety. Improper and overuse of cell phones is linked to eye

damage, headache, tingling, tinnitus, infertility, learning disorders in

children, anxiety, depression, loss of concentration, insomnia, memory loss,

impaired immunity, fatigue, genetic damage and so on. The scientific

community is also debating numerous studies that have linked cell phone

radiation and brain cancer. The book suggested a 3Rs approach of Replacing

the Cell Phone with safer alternatives like land phones, Reducing the cell

phone use and Refining the usage style to avoid these health risks. The app

helps the user in implementing the 3Rs principal easily.

The Safe Phone app tracks a variety of factors such as; radiation emitting

potential of the phone (specific absorption rate or SAR), time spent making

voice calls during dangerously low levels of signal strength, time spent

browsing the internet or staring at the phones display. This data is captured

in real-time and continuously undergoes background calculations. The results

are presented as easy to understand colored circles to help users comprehend

their risk of hazards from smartphone use. The circles change from red

(Hazard) across 4 color gradations to green (Safety) based on the results of

the internal calculations. The Safe Phone app’s purpose is to guide users

to ensure that they are using their Smartphone safely. The user has to take

small steps to maintain the circles green, so that the hazard is least. The

real-time cumulative usage report can be accessed from the app. User is

instantly notified on initiating voice call if the chances of exposure to

radiation are higher.

As mentioned above, the World Health Organization (WHO) now considers

Smartphones as a carcinogenic hazard. The agency reached this decision after

a team of 31 scientists from 14 different countries carried out peer-reviewed

studies on Smartphone safety. International Agency for Research on Cancer

(IARC) currently classify Smartphone radiation as Group 2B, which means they

consider cell phone radiation as possibly carcinogenic. The agency uses a

rating system which ranges from group 4 (probably not carcinogenic) to group

1 (carcinogenic to humans).

On the apps Facebook page, the developer says their mission is to protect all

smartphone users from the hazards of radiation. The developers are currently

working on a website for their new app, it will be live from 25th March 2016

via the following url, www.safephoneonline.com.

The new android app is now available for free download on:

•       Google Play Store

•       Amazon App Store

Contact Person: Dr. Madhukar Dama

Address: #546, Siddaiah Puranik Layout, Mathru Krupa 4th Block Kushalnagar,

Coorg India - 571234

Phone: 91-8722170016

Email: madhukar@safephoneonline.com

Dr. Madhukar Dama

Invited Member of EMF Scientists

Invited Member of The Baby Safe Project

Senior Scientist

Published Author

Academic, Research & Statistics Guide

Meta-analysis Consultant