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2003: Cell Phones' Bad Rap
This is the third post for Textually 2003 - The Year in Review, a series of entries rounding up the most interesting mobile news (best and worst) reported this year. 2003 - Cell Phones' Bad Rap I will not list here the many ways camera phones have been misused and abused in 2003, a seemingly favorite subject of the main stream press, thankfully always defended ardently by camera phone experts (see blogroll). But anyone who has not yet heard enough about peeping toms and camera phone bans in city parks and locker rooms, or needing background information, can check out all relevant 2003 stories logged under privacy issues in Picturephoning.com. This entry points out that non-camera phones have had a tough year too, as medical scientists and psychologists have blamed cell phones for everything - from making children fat, to triggering the onset of Alzheimer to being responsible for a new form of addiction disorder as well as leading to sexually transmitted diseases. Texting makes children fat. A study from Australia, claims text messaging is one of the reasons children are overweight. Compulsive text messaging disorder is the latest addiction sending sufferers rushing to The Priory clinic in south-west London. SMS causes poor sleep according to a Belgian study which claims text messaging is affecting the quality of sleep of almost half of 16 year olds. Because they text all night. Mobile phones 'make you senile'. Mobile phones and new wireless technology could cause a "whole generation" of teenagers to go senile prematurely, according to research conducted by Sweden's Lund University. Texting can lead to sex disease, reported the BBC. Apparently, both the internet and text messaging have fuelled "dogging", a practice which involves unprotected sex with strangers in public parks. Cell Phones may bring on Alzheimer's, damaging key brain cells which could trigger the early onset of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study conducted by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. RSD from Texting. The Manila Times reports on doctor's fear of repetitive stress disorder (RSD) caused by too much texting. Radio signals for the next generation of mobile phone services can cause headaches and nausea, according to a study conducted by the Dutch government and technological research institute TNO. More on related articles on cell phone health issues as well as links to some official ressources. |
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