Top Radiation Emitting Cell Phones

What! Cell phones emit radiation! Okay so it’s not breaking news. It’s common knowledge our cell phones are slowly cooking our brains, but now we know which phones could speed up the process!

An Environmental Working Group (EWG) team has released a consumer guide on the radiation levels emitted by over 1,000 cell phones sold in the U.S. The guide was based on technical data provided by manufacturers and is the most comprehensive ever published! The group says it did it to “fill the information gap left by the U.S. government’s failure to require cell phone makers and vendors to disclose emissions levels on labels or in-store advertising displays”.

Let’s take a look at the top offenders shall we?

EWG’s list of highest radiation phones:

1. Motorola MOTO VU204 [Verizon Wireless]

2. T-Mobile myTouch 3G [T-Mobile]

3. Kyocera Jax S1300 [Virgin Mobile]

4. Blackberry Curve 8330 [Sprint, U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless, MetroPCS]

5. Motorola W385 [U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless]

6. T-Mobile Shadow [T-Mobile]

7. Motorola C290 [Sprint, Kajeet]

8. Motorola i335 [Sprint]

9. Motorola MOTO VE240 [Cricket, MetroPCS]

10. Blackberry Bold 9000 [AT&T]

Those are the baddies, now for a look at the good ones. The following are the 10 lowest emitting phones.

EWG’s top 10 phones, based on low emissions:

1. Samsung Impression (SGH-a877) [AT&T]

2. Motorola RAZR V8 [CellularONE]

3. Samsung SGH-t229 [T-Mobile]

4. Samsung Rugby (SGH-a837) [AT&T]

5. Samsung Propel Pro (SGH-i627) [AT&T]

6. Samsung Gravity (SGH-t459) [CellularONE, T-Mobile]

7. T-Mobile Sidekick [T-Mobile]

8. LG Xenon (GR500) [AT&T]

9. Motorola Karma QA1 [AT&T]

10. Sanyo Katana II [Kajeet]

There you have it. Choose your next cell phone wisely!

[EWG]