Research paper's outline

Thesis statement: we should remove the cell phones in the daily life; otherwise cell phones will jeopardize human being seriously in the upcoming several years.

1. The long term use of cell phone will increase the probability of having tumors and cancer in the head.
A. Use an example of an event happened in 1993 provoke public’s concern about the link between cell phones and probability of having tumors and cancer.
a. A husband had sued a cell phone manufacturer in a Florida US District Court for causing his wife's brain tumor.
B. From the technologic perspective, analysis the reason why the long term use of cell phone will increase the probability of having tumors and cancer.
a. The radio frequency (RF) radiation in the cell phones may hurt human being’s health.
C. More and more researches prove that there is connection between the radiation in the cell phone and having tumors and cancer in the head.
a. One Swedish study: the risk of acoustic neuroma, a tumor formation on the nerve near the ear, was greater on the side of the head that the cell phone was held.
b. Dr. Ronald Herberman, Director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, issued a warning to hospital faculty and staff to decrease direct cell phone exposure to the head and body due to a possible connection between cell phone radiation and brain tumors.

2. The radio frequency radiation from cell phones can damage the DNA in sperm so that increase chance of miscarriage and childhood cancer:
A. Damage the DNA in sperm: According to the Cleveland Clinic Center for Reproductive medicine, semen quality "tended to decline as daily cell phone use increased."

3. Children are at an increased risk for adverse health effects from cell phone radiation.
A. One study has shown that children under the age of eight absorb twice the amount of radiation into their brain tissue as adults due to their lower skull thickness.

4. Using a cell phone while driving, even with a hands-free device, is unsafe as driving drunk and can make accidents more likely.
A. The use of cell phone while driving make lots of accidents happen: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that driving distractions, including the use of cell phones, contribute to 25% of all traffic crashes.
B. Use cell phone while driving is same as drunk: According to researchers at the University of Utah people who drive while talking on their cell phones are as impaired as drunk drivers with a blood alcohol level of 0.08%.
C. Government’s action: six states have taken legislative action to lessen the possible safety hazards of talking on a cell phone while driving.

5. The use of cell phones by people with pacemakers is unsafe.
A. According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), radiofrequency energy from cell phones can create electromagnetic interference (EMI) that may disrupt the functioning of pacemakers, especially if the cell phone is placed close to the heart.


Conclusion: since the long term use of cell phones in the daily life hurt human beings’ health in several aspects: increase the probability of having tumors and cancer in the head, damage the DNA in sperm so that increase chance of miscarriage and childhood cancer, make children to be at an increased risk for adverse health effects, make traffic accidents more likely as driving drunk, and especially harm people with pacemakers. The use of cell phone is hazardous to people, we should remove them from our lives.

Warnings also in the last paragraph: If we still talk with friends by cell phones several hours one day, we are going to have higher probability of having tumors and cancer in the head; If men still put cell phone in front pockets, poor fertility and an increased chance of miscarriage will occurred; if children use cell phones as often as adults do, the percentage of childhood cancer will increase; If we still are allowed to use cell phones when we are driving, the number of traffic accidents will keep increasing in the future.