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December 8, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Canvassers at the University of California (UC) and the University of Southern California (USC) have determined in their new study that frequent utilization of cell phones during pregnancy by women could engender behavioral crises in their progeny. The canvassers declared that the danger is severer if the kids themselves commence to employ the mobiles at the age of seven. This study consisted of 29000 youngsters and arrived at the conclusion that the kids, who were put through mobiles when they were in the womb and subsequently in their babyhood, were 50% more likely to experience behavioral difficulties aged seven than the children put through neither.

The Daily Telegraph has mentioned that the study deems that the kids, who are exposed to the cellular phones only in the womb, were 30% more likely to have behavioral problems while the adolescents, who are put through mobiles during their infancy only, were 20% more likely to exhibit irregular and problematic conduct.

This is the second such investigation by the same squad to hit upon such a connection. On amalgamating the outcomes from both the studies, in excess of 10% of kids put through mobile phones in pregnancy had Moms, who conversed on them no less than four times per day, while half the females had their phone switched on at every moment.

The creators of the latest study warned against directly associating mobile phones with tempestuous kids, but nonetheless remarked that the findings were bothersome. The authors asserted that it is untimely to construe these outcomes as causal. But it is a source of worry that early introduction to cell phones could possess a danger which, if real, would be a public health concern taking into account the extensive usage of technology in the modern world.

The sizable number of mothers, who were questioned by the researchers, provided comprehensive data about their standard of living, diet and habits during and subsequent to pregnancy, counting cell phone usage.