**Does Keeping Your Phone Near Your Pillow Increase Cancer Risk?
Doctor Reveals the Truth About Mobile Radiation**
1. No Direct Evidence Linking Phones to Cancer
Health agencies like WHO, CDC, and ICMR state that there is no confirmed evidence that mobile radiation directly causes cancer.
Phones emit non-ionizing radiation, which cannot damage DNA, unlike X-rays or CT scans.
2. But Keeping a Phone Near Your Pillow Does Carry These Risks
✔ Sleep Disturbance
Blue light and late-night notifications disturb melatonin production and sleep quality.
✔ Increased Heat & Exposure
When a phone is placed under or near the pillow, it may heat up during charging or continuous usage.
✔ Radiation Exposure Is Low, But Constant
Though not enough to cause cancer, constant close-range exposure is not recommended.
Even manufacturers advise keeping the device at least 5–15 mm away from the body.
3. What Doctors Recommend
👉 Don’t sleep with the phone under/next to your pillow.
Instead, keep it on a table, 2–3 feet away.
👉 Use “Do Not Disturb” or Aeroplane Mode at night.
This reduces unnecessary EMF exposure and avoids sleep disruption.
👉 Avoid charging your phone near your pillow.
There is a small risk of overheating and fire accidents.
4. Should You Worry About Cancer?
No, current scientific evidence does not show that sleeping near your phone causes cancer.
But yes, sleeping with your phone near your head is still a bad habit because of sleep problems, heat risk, and long-term exposure to mild radiation that is better avoided.
