Articles tagged with: Cell Phones

Featured, Nutrition, Personal Care - Health »

[2 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]

It has been previously stated many times, that cell phone usage could be a contributing cause to cancer. But, those statements have mostly been dismissed by medical professionals as hearsay. Now, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released the results of some preliminary studies that say otherwise.
Just this week, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced that it has classified cell phone radiation as “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” based on an increased risk for a malignant type of brain cancer associated with mobile phone use. The IARC is …

Environment, Featured, Recycling »

[23 Dec 2010 | 4 Comments | ]

‘Tis the season for gift giving and many of those gifts will include new cell phones and other small electronic devices. With that, comes the need to dispose of all the recently discarded cell phones, etc. There are several ways to get rid of your old cell phones and do it in an environmentally conscious way.
An excellent resource is your local domestic violence organization/shelter. Even though a cell phone’s provider service is discontinued, as long as the phone is in good working order and is charged up, it will still …

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[7 Nov 2008 | No Comment | ]

Our discarded electronics, (commonly referred to as E-Waste); computers, televisions, cell phones and such, are often being shipped out of the US and over to developing countries, only to turn those countries into toxic waste dumps. Residents of those countries often salvage portions of the waste, and the contents of it are used by them in a manner, which can be detrimental to their health and/or the environment’s. There are some really easy solutions for disposal of EWaste, which can be found on Earth 911’s website.
But, to get a better …

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[18 Jul 2008 | No Comment | ]

My “Church-Son”, Riley Hoobery, is an awesome guy, who has a heart bigger than the State of Idaho. Riley is an active volunteer for usually one or two organizations at any given time.
For the last couple of years, he’s been the an area rep for Cell Phones For Life, Inc. Riley maintains drop boxes at several locations in our local community and then goes out and retrieves the phones that are donated.
If, you weren’t aware, even after an owner of a cellphone terminates his cellphone provider service, i.e.; Sprint, Verizon, …