Teenagers and Cell Phones

Nomo phobia, or no mobile phobia, is the feeling of anxiety most people get when they cannot use their cell phones or they do not have their phones. Think about how you feel when you don’t have your phone with you or when the battery dies. Some teens say that cell phones improve their lives by making simple tasks, such as sending someone a message, more convenient. Approximately 75 percent of teens own cell phones and almost half of them are smart phones. Although cell phones make life easier for teenagers, their excessive use of cell phones is harmful to their health, interfering with their ability to function effectively in society, and creating a dangerous environment for people in other countries.

How often do you use your cell phones? Physical contact with cell phones is very harmful to teenagers. Cell phones emit radiofrequency waves, or electromagnetic radiation, which is absorbed by the human body. There have been several concerns that radiation from cell phones can cause cancer to people especially younger people like teenagers. Even though there is no solid proof of this, many people believe that these radio waves can be carcinogenic. Poor ergonomics while using cell phones is another way to harm the body. Many teenagers get headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain, and hand pain to poor ergonomics when using their cell phones. Often, texting is a leading factor which causes our fingers to hurt. Another example of bad ergonomics is having small fonts and holding the device too close to one’s face to see better, instead of increasing the font size, which impacts the eye causing damage. With the new smart phones, most teenagers spend their time on the internet or texting which causes damage to their eyes and weakens their eyes...

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...ing the parts and they can easily injure themselves without proper safety. There are people, mostly kids, working hard to mine the material for manufacturing the phone.
There are many benefits of using cell phones; however not many teenagers think about the disadvantages of using cell phones. Radio waves from cell phones are unsafe for teenagers; it can be a possible cause for cancer. Addiction to cell phones cause teens to communicate poorly and not be able to focus on the more important things in life, such as education. Teens are the age group who get smart phones faster than any other age groups, which allow phone companies to make a profit. Producing and incorrectly disposing cell phones cause young children, from other countries, to work in an injurious environment. The advantages of having cell phones are balanced with the negative aspects to using them.