Holiday Ayo - Keeping your cell phone in your pants pocket is certainly a common practice, even considered normal. Putting your phone in your pocket allows you to access it quickly.

However, on the other hand, some people believe that the habit of keeping your phone in your pocket can cause certain health problems.

One common belief is that keeping your cell phone in your pocket can cause cancer. If this belief is true, then is it permissible to keep your cell phone in your pocket?

Before knowing whether it's permissible or not, users need to understand the basics of what makes cell phones cancer-causing.

Some people believe that cell phones can cause cancer due to the radiation they produce.

It's important to note that cell phones or smartphones emit radiation known as radiofrequency radiation or electromagnetic fields.

However, the radiation produced by cell phones is low-level. This radiation is not the type that causes acute damage to the body.

Nevertheless, radiation in general can be harmful to health. So, what about cell phone radiation?

Cell phones can communicate using radiofrequency waves, which are a form of electromagnetic radiation.

Radio frequency waves are the weakest waves in the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. However, that doesn't mean they're completely harmless.

High-intensity radiofrequency radiation can generate heat, causing an increase in body temperature and even burns.

According to Yahoo, high-intensity radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays, can ionize atoms, which is when electrons are removed from stable atoms.

This ionization process can damage DNA and cause cancer.

Meanwhile, relatively low levels of radiofrequency radiation from cell phones are considered non-ionizing and therefore non-carcinogenic, meaning they don't trigger the growth of cancer cells in the body.

Cell phone radiation doesn't have the characteristics of dangerous carcinogenic radiation.

However, some studies claim there's a link between cell phone use and cancer, such as brain cancer.

Unfortunately, however, the research on cell phone use and brain cancer rates hasn't been strong enough to prove that cell phones are the primary factor causing this type of cancer.

For your information, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States' disease control agency, rates of new brain and nervous system cancers have been declining since 1990.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth Hatch, an epidemiologist at Boston University, stated that if cell phones caused brain tumors, the rate of brain tumors should increase with increasing smartphone use.

Furthermore, there are studies that suggest that high levels of cell phone radiation can damage the uterine lining, egg cells, ovarian follicles, and embryos, and can even harm fetal development.

These studies were conducted only on animals. Unfortunately, the findings of cell phone radiation-induced illnesses in these studies have not been replicated in humans, so it cannot be definitively claimed that cell phone radiation causes health problems in humans.

With the inconclusive results, the issue of cell phone radiation and cancer still requires further research.