Cell phones are handy, but boy do they come with some unpleasant side-effects. Cell phone radiation isn’t making us any healthier, and our phones aren’t doing much for our personal relationships, either. They also increasingly cut us off from our surroundings in a way that degrades the quality of our public spaces and trap us in the virtual office of every stranger we meet. Here’s a list of places your phone doesn’t belong and may even be doing you and others harm.
1. In the car: Research by scientists at the University of Utah shows that a driver talking on a cell phone might as well be drunk. And that includes both handheld and hands-free devices.
2. On your belt: Research has shown that wearing a cell phone on your hip or your belt weakens bone density in that area. It may even impact fertility. Sperm, it turns out, may not be a fan of cell phone radio frequencies.
3. At a restaurant: A recent study shows that cell phones can negatively impact personal relationships, and it’s not hard to guess that table-dialing is a big culprit.
4. In the gym: ust the other day I was on the elliptical trainer happily immersed in a new music playlist when a woman stepped onto the machine and shouted on her phone so loudly it went straight through my headphones. I politely asked her to finish her conversation elsewhere and she shot back, “My phone call is not your business.” “Exactly,” I agreed. “That’s why I’d rather not listen to it.”
Read more: 7 Places Your Cell Phone Doesn’t Belong – And May Be Harming You | Alternet
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