Tuesday 20 February 2018

Children And Mobile Phones - Decreasing the risks with R2L.

An R2L is a small, rubber, sticky-backed device, which can be fitted to the rear of any smartphone, laptop or tablet. It can even fit inside most cases. It's innocuous and you'd barely notice it, but tests show it can remove 70% of the radiation produced in normal use by phones and 3/4G enabled devices, thereby preventing it from entering the user's body.


Ever since mobile phones were first introduced to the public we've been aware that they produce radiation and discharge it into their environment, and unfortunately that's often the skull and brain of the person using the phone. Despite massive improvement over the last 30 years, current advice is still that mobile phones should be avoided in children under 10 years old, because youngsters have thinner skulls and more of this unused power can seep into their brain. The World Health Organisation places mobile phone radiation in the same cancer risk category as lead, car engine exhaust or chloroform.

A recent study by Danish students in Jutland investigated the effect of wi-fi radiation on living cells in an effort to find out if it could be causing lack of concentration and poor sleep, when students go to bed with their phone near to their head. The results were really worrying and are now being studied by scientists worldwide. The students found that cress seeds left to grow next to wi-fi routers were stunted, they grew poorly and showed signs of mutation, whereas seeds grown in the same conditions, but without wi-fi routers present, grew normally. That's the same radiation which seeps from your phone when you use it or carry it in your pocket.

The students' findings add another dimension to research from King’s College London and Cardiff University, which suggest that even having a device switched off in a child’s bedroom can cause sleep disruption. Data was taken from 11 different studies, involving over 125,000 children, and found that using tablets or smartphones before bedtime doubled the risk of disrupted sleep and doubled the chances of feeling tired the following day. I also found this result for myself when I studied my own sleep using the S+ Sleep Tracker. We can't switch off if it's there, even when the device is switched off.


While we currently don't know how severe or important the long term effects of mobile phone radiation are going to be, studies done back when they first became available were not good and although phones are much more safe and secure now, we also use them a good deal more. I have mine with me all the time and use it to access the internet all through the day as part of my job.

Fits inside my phone case

The R2L is designed to absorb up to 70% of the emitted radiation and convert it into electricity, and then it discharges it harmlessly by powering a small light. It works with any mobile device, fits in seconds and is removable should you wish. It really couldn't be simpler.

When you have the R2L in place, you can clearly see when your phone is emitting radiation. It's actually a very useful tool for teaching children about something you can't usually see.


The good news is that is NOT useful to place an R2L on the back of devices that only use wi-fi, as the emissions are incredibly low already.

Taking everything into account, the advice has to be:

1. Don't let children take screens into the bedroom.
2. Don't sleep with your phone by your head.
3. Don't use screens before bedtime.
4. Limit mobile phone use for children to emergencies only.
5. Choose wi-fi over 3G and 4G when possible.
6. Consider fitting an R2L to any mobile phones that will be used a lot, especially those used by children.


The R2L is made by Screen2BSafe, available now rrp £24.99 and is the only device proven to reduce radiation emissions by up to 70%. You can find out more information on www.screen2bsafe.com, watch a lab testing of R2L and place online orders.

I'm delighted to have an R2L to give away to one of my readers. Entry to the giveaway is by Gleam form below and it is open to UK entrants only. Don't be scared by Gleam, neither they nor I will use your details for anything other than drawing and checking the winning entry and informing the winner. If you can't log in to comment, you can comment on my Facebook page and I'll count it.

The giveaway will end at midnight Sunday 18th March. To see my other giveaways or get help if you are new to Gleam, see my giveaways page...

R2L Radiation To Light Phone Device Giveaway

We were sent our R2L for review and paid for the time taken to administrate the giveaway.

37 comments:

  1. I'm so old that I think of a phone as a tool to receive telephone calls & I struggle to send a text! My 'non' smart phone stays in the living room at night. Re-educating the grandsons may prove difficult though.

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  2. It's quite worrying that these devices are everywhere and there haven't really been that many studies on them!

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  3. These sound really good. It is very worrying x

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  4. I don't have a smartphone, either, and leave my old phone downstairs most of the time. It's good to know about this product, though, as I could use it when the children are here.

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  5. Didnt realise the impact - phones wont be in the bedroom !

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  6. Oops! Take mobile up to bed, in garden and anywhere else it may be the only way to contact help if needed. Will have to rethink how close I keep it.

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  7. In the bedroom, but further away from me.

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  8. Mine is practially glued to me, I really need to reconsider...

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  9. Very interesting - now kept out of the way

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  10. I will leave it on the dining room table from now on x

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  11. In my bedroom, but further away from me

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  12. Down stairs on the table where its always left

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  13. It will have to be in the bedroom because it's also my alarm clock, but I won't have it right by the bed in future!

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  14. I have the phone on a unit in my room bet it's about 3 metres away.

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  15. Will leave it other side of my bedroom

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  16. In the bedroom on the floor charging

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  17. Same place as always - in the lounge and off

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  18. my phone comes to bed as its my alarm clock

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  19. Danielle Dudley19 March 2018 at 10:55

    Further away from me, shocking read

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  20. I will be leaving mine downstairs in the living room

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  21. I charge the phone over the other side of my room anyway but use it as my alarm clock and way for people to contact me in emergencies as only have a land line downstairs. I would still charge it in the same place overnight but I will be more wary of using the phone just before bed and ensure my teen moves hers from her bedside table.

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  22. Mine would go in the living room x

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  23. My smartphone is kept on a shelf in the living room overnight.

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  24. Samantha Butler19 March 2018 at 21:57

    My room

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