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Cell Phone Use During Pregnancy: New Evidence on Miscarriage Risk

The Healthier Tech Podcast

Show Notes

A large-scale study tracking over sixteen hundred pregnant women in Iran has found a measurable link between cell phone use and pregnancy outcomes -- including miscarriage, abnormal birth weight, and infant height.

In this episode, I break down the findings from researchers who measured real-world electromagnetic exposure during pregnancy over a four-year period. The results show a dose-response relationship: the more cell phone exposure, the greater the risk. What makes this particularly concerning is that these effects occurred at exposure levels millions of pregnant women experience every day.

In This Episode

How researchers tracked EMF exposure in over sixteen hundred pregnancies The specific increase in miscarriage risk per minute of daily cell phone use Why cordless phones and Wi-Fi were also measured in this study One practical step pregnant women can take today to reduce exposure

Featured Study Read the full study: The association of widely used electromagnetic waves exposure and pregnancy and birth outcomes in Yazd women: a cohort study

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