Are Cell Phones Good or Bad for You?
September 16, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
Starting with a radiation-scare, suppositions into the cell phone’s effect on the human body have progressed to increased chances of cancer. But even as the consumer-level mobile enters perhaps the 15th year of its existence, how well known are these effects?
The answer: not enough. Sure, there are cases of users suffering from rashes due to the nickel on phones, and the declared (but not conclusively proven) effect of phones on children (Does Exposure to Mobiles Affect a Child’s Behavior? and Finnish Group Recommends Special Considerations for Children’s Cellphone Use). But, as always, scientists and research have yet to make definitive …read more
Does Exposure to Mobiles Affect a Child’s Behavior?
July 31, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
Let the study wars begin! To recap, a group of researchers previously documented the apparent (and note the word apparent) effect of cell phones on concentration. Now the premise of an Ars Technica feature looks even more compelling. What’s anyone to think after seeing “Correlation found between cell phone use, childhood problems“?
