Information technology and news media can be a topic of conversations in many forms. Personally I am still convinced that technology is benefiting societal knowledge, and individual productivity. As we conclude our discussion on technology I drew upon yet another issue, are certain devices we are using giving off forms of radiation, causing health issues? Radiation has been known to be very bad for ones health, causing cancer, and many other horrible diseases. Have we been asking the wrong questions? Not only should we be addressing whether these devices are making us dumber, but also if they are posing a health risks that could amount to cancer? Today I saw a news clip on yahoo, there is a women who has recently written a book about the radiation and electromagnetic waves that cellphones, computers, cordless phones, and all kind of other devices are giving off. It would be really interesting to do some more in-depth research on what kind of side effects have been appearing in recent years, and that experts think are related to new wireless technology.
I totally agree, in that technology is here to benefit us. and about the radiation in cell phones, I doubt that is a big risk. Cell phones are probably not putting out a big rate of radiation that is dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI believe that you are right!!!! technology is here to stay.....but with everything that there is a group out there to scare us with their personal fears. the down side is some scare tactics take flight fast and become popular culture.
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