Cell Phone Radiation: Top 10 Best and Worst

How much radiation does your cell phone emit?



The Environmental Working Group, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, thinks you should know. To make things easy, this week the group released a list ranking more than 1,000 cell phones according to the radiation levels they emit.

Questions regarding health risks associated with cell phone radiation have persisted for years. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has stated that scientific evidence does not indicate negative health outcomes from exposure to radio frequency energy from cell phones.



But the Environmental Working Group disagrees.

"We would like to be able to say that cell phones are safe," Olga Naidenko, EWG senior scientist and lead author of the study, said in a statement. "But we can't. The most recent science, while not conclusive, raises serious issues about the cancer risk of cell phone use that must be addressed through further research. In the meantime, consumers can take steps to reduce exposure."



The watchdog group created the list based on technical data provided by the manufacturers. The full list can be viewed here. 



But check below to see if your phone made the list of the 10 best phones -- or the 10 worst.

WORST 10

EWG's List of Highest Radiation Phones:

1. Motorola MOTO VU204

2. T-Mobile myTouch 3G

3. Kyocera Jax S1300

4. Blackberry Curve 8330

5. Motorola W385

6. T-Mobile Shadow

7. Motorola C290

8. Motorola i335

9. Motorola MOTO VE240

10. Blackberry Bold 9000 

BEST 10

EWG's List of Lowest Radiation Phones:

1. Samsung Impression

2. Motorola RAZR V8

3. Samsung SGH-t229

4. Samsung Rugby

5. Samsung Propel Pro

6. Samsung Gravity

7. T-Mobile Sidekick

8. LG Xenon (GR500)

9. Motorola Karma QA1

10. Sanyo Katana II