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How Much Radiation Really Comes From a Smartphone?
How safe is smartphone use? The official stance is shaky at best. So we set out to find out. Primarily because we all use them these days, and we don't want to be exposed to excess radiation. We’ve gathered the latest research on the amount of radiation — and what it could be doing to our health. The results are more than a little surprising. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has limits on...
February 19, 2022
Is Your Smartphone Making You More Impulsive?
Smartphones have become a way of life. What public view is complete without half of those out there clicking away or scrolling at their screens? Most of us don’t think twice about the amount of time we spend on our phones and media devices, or the effects they might have on other aspects of our behavior. We may not be aware of the changes we can create in our brains by using these devices too much,...
April 22, 2021
Why We Need to Take Another Look at Cell Phones and Brain Cancer
Worldwide attention about the link between cell phone use and brain tumors has been recaptured after an -Italian man was awarded $7,500 a year- for the rest of his life as the result of a benign brain tumor that cost him hearing in one of his ears. Billions of people around the world use cell phones every day. A whopping 46% of these people are estimated to be children, whose brains and nervous systems...
May 10, 2017