Written by Abbygaile San Rafael
Generation
Z is the most technologically exposed generation, as many teenagers have their
smartphones with them 24/7, may it be for online learning or personal
diversion. Of course, it is helpful for anybody, for we can use our smartphones
in almost anything; study, work, payment, reservations, and many more. However,
smartphones might be dangerous for someone's health if abused.
If we think about it, even though smartphones are, as we can say, "essential," we still cannot say that it is 100% safe. Smartphones are like illegal drugs; it is addicting. Moreover, by getting addicted, many people develop specific behavior or accumulate disorders, whether physical, mental, or social.
Smartphones can be a source of illness due to germs that occur due to constant handling. According to WebMD, the first dirtiest thing a person touches every day is a smartphone, which is up to ten times more polluted than a toilet seat because it goes with a person everywhere, including the restroom. These bacteria can cause both diarrhea and stomach pain. In addition, it may survive for hours on a heated surface, such as our phone.
Daniel T. DeBaun of Defender Shield stated that the first adverse effect of smartphones is Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Radiation exposure. According to him, every piece of electronic equipment, including our wireless smartphone, emits EMF radiation continuously when powered. Smartphones operate on frequencies ranging from 450 to 2000 MHz, with 800-900 MHz being the most popular. These frequencies will eventually be increased to 300 GHz with 5G, spanning a far more comprehensive frequency range. Therefore, the quantity of power consumed by a phone is dependent on what it is doing. Furthermore, it is alarming that the amount of EMF released by smartphones has been connected to many health problems like insomnia, infertility, digestive issues, and cancer.
Furthermore, increased screen use has also raised mental health disorders among youth. Since 2008, there has been a strong correlation between mobile devices and mental disorders. According to research, people's mental health is being harmed by social media, internet addiction, and the detrimental effects of EMF radiation. Every year, one out of every five adults suffer a mental disease. Suicide rates are also rising, particularly among young people and adolescents. In 2012, more than half of millennials owned a smartphone. That same year, psychological well-being suffered a setback. Researches also discovered a well-established link between screen use and mental health. First, the anxiety comes with not having a phone or a working phone. Moreover, second, people's dependency on phones for everything: remembering phone numbers, asking Google questions, providing GPS directions, tracking workouts, and many more.
On the other hand, with many adverse effects, there are also a lot of positive. According to the statistics among a broad group of university students in Bangladesh, nearly all university students utilize smartphones for academic purposes. They showed a good attitude regarding the educational use of smartphones on average and across the board. However, there were some variances in gender, age, place of origin, and duration of smartphone use. These differences were mainly related to the fact that most students in this study had never used a smartphone before.
Smartphones are dangerous; even with their positive benefits, it still depends on how they use their smartphones. The only way to avoid its harmful effects is to have discipline. All excess is bad.
In conclusion, it is not wrong to use smartphones, but we must learn to discipline ourselves to take care of our health.
If we think about it, even though smartphones are, as we can say, "essential," we still cannot say that it is 100% safe. Smartphones are like illegal drugs; it is addicting. Moreover, by getting addicted, many people develop specific behavior or accumulate disorders, whether physical, mental, or social.
Smartphones can be a source of illness due to germs that occur due to constant handling. According to WebMD, the first dirtiest thing a person touches every day is a smartphone, which is up to ten times more polluted than a toilet seat because it goes with a person everywhere, including the restroom. These bacteria can cause both diarrhea and stomach pain. In addition, it may survive for hours on a heated surface, such as our phone.
Daniel T. DeBaun of Defender Shield stated that the first adverse effect of smartphones is Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Radiation exposure. According to him, every piece of electronic equipment, including our wireless smartphone, emits EMF radiation continuously when powered. Smartphones operate on frequencies ranging from 450 to 2000 MHz, with 800-900 MHz being the most popular. These frequencies will eventually be increased to 300 GHz with 5G, spanning a far more comprehensive frequency range. Therefore, the quantity of power consumed by a phone is dependent on what it is doing. Furthermore, it is alarming that the amount of EMF released by smartphones has been connected to many health problems like insomnia, infertility, digestive issues, and cancer.
Furthermore, increased screen use has also raised mental health disorders among youth. Since 2008, there has been a strong correlation between mobile devices and mental disorders. According to research, people's mental health is being harmed by social media, internet addiction, and the detrimental effects of EMF radiation. Every year, one out of every five adults suffer a mental disease. Suicide rates are also rising, particularly among young people and adolescents. In 2012, more than half of millennials owned a smartphone. That same year, psychological well-being suffered a setback. Researches also discovered a well-established link between screen use and mental health. First, the anxiety comes with not having a phone or a working phone. Moreover, second, people's dependency on phones for everything: remembering phone numbers, asking Google questions, providing GPS directions, tracking workouts, and many more.
On the other hand, with many adverse effects, there are also a lot of positive. According to the statistics among a broad group of university students in Bangladesh, nearly all university students utilize smartphones for academic purposes. They showed a good attitude regarding the educational use of smartphones on average and across the board. However, there were some variances in gender, age, place of origin, and duration of smartphone use. These differences were mainly related to the fact that most students in this study had never used a smartphone before.
Smartphones are dangerous; even with their positive benefits, it still depends on how they use their smartphones. The only way to avoid its harmful effects is to have discipline. All excess is bad.
In conclusion, it is not wrong to use smartphones, but we must learn to discipline ourselves to take care of our health.
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