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At any given daylight moment in the US, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or electronic devices while driving. [59] A significant number of injuries and accidents from distracted driving can be attributed at least partially to use of a mobile phone, and many phone-related crashes are not reported due to drivers' reluctance to ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 November 2024. Claimed sensitivity to electromagnetic fields This article is about a pseudomedical diagnosis. For the recognized effects of electromagnetic radiation on human health, see Electromagnetic radiation and health. Electromagnetic hypersensitivity Idiopathic environmental intolerance ...
In May 2011, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer classified electromagnetic fields from mobile phones and other sources as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" and advised the public to adopt safety measures to reduce exposure, like use of hands-free devices or texting. [3]
Champions of Childhood doesn't want to take away smartphones, but to manage them better for kids' mental health -- a worthy goal. Grassroots group's focus on smartphones and mental health is admirable
The effect on kids is even more profound: A study from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group in San Francisco, found that among kids ages 11-17, smartphones are a “constant companion” and that ...
Last year, things looked bleak for former handset heavyweight Nokia . The arrival of Apple's iPhone in 2007 and Google's subsequent Android army had derailed Nokia's primary business and doomed it ...
"Fear of missing out" can lead to psychological stress at the idea of missing posted content by others while offline. The relationships between digital media use and mental health have been investigated by various researchers—predominantly psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and medical experts—especially since the mid-1990s, after the growth of the World Wide Web and rise of ...
The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World, by Christine Rosen, W.W. Norton & Company, 272 pages, $29.99 Human beings are not brains in vats. We are not computer code. We are ...