Building an Annotated Bibliography

Project Part 1

Effects of Cell Phone use on Human Health

Introduction

The use of cellphones in the recent days has become the order of the day. Most people have developed the habit of texting and viewing other components within the cellphones every now and then. With various applications being developed each and every year, the use of mobile phones is becoming even more addictive not only to the teenagers and the youths but also to the elderly people. Various innovations currently being implemented with an aim of making man’s life better are unfortunately damaging the health of humans in different ways. It is also very unfortunate that a large number of mobile users are not aware of the every impacts of using their cellphones. This is therefore a major issue and probably a global issue affecting a large number of teenagers and the youth.

Thesis statement

Cellphone use is the silent major cause of various human diseases and disabilities many of which man ignores. There are three major reasons to support this; first of all, phones carry a lot of germs that can easily affect people with various diseases. Secondly, cellphone use while driving is a major cause of accidents in most traffics. Sleep problems have also been associated with the constant use of cell phones.

From my own observation, mobile phones use has resulted into various problems most of which human beings are not still familiar with. The above three reasons are some of the major risks in which cellphone use poses to humans. To begin with the issue of germs, it is very important to note that our cellphones carry lots of germs than we could imagine. Cellphones are always on our hands no matter where we move. Whether we visit the toilet, move from one region to the other and greeting friends our phones are always the next thing we touch. This leads into the accumulation of germs on the surfaces of the cellphones. The germs can easily be transferred into the body through ingestion whereby an individual may eat food at the same time using the phone to do certain activities. In the recent years, it has become like something normal for people to have stomach aches every now and then not knowing the actual source of their problem. Other germs from the cellphone can also find their way into the human body through the skin. There are microbes which have the ability to penetrate through the skin by dissolving the fat layers on the skin and thus result into other health problems into human beings.

Accidents are turning out to be among the top killers and causers of disability among humans. Not a single day globally can pass without an accident taking place on a certain major highway. The use of cellphone while driving is one of the major issues that lead into accidents. Messages through the cellphones may come in different ways; while others bring joy, others messages will result into different types of anxieties while others may bring certain motions to the drivers. Diving while also using the cellphone results into less concentration by the drivers. At times they focus too much on what is being said or what has been sent through the cellphone that they forget they are on a highway. All these have resulted into accidents and created different types of disabilities.

Sleeping problem is the third major reason to support the notion that states cellphones are dangerous to human health. Currently, people are spending long hours on cellphones while vising the internet among other things. In this way the brain is somehow denied the time it needs to relax. Humans cannot work properly in case our brains are damaged in one way or another. Sleep is important in ensuring the brain rests from the daily thinking it does. The entire body also needs sleep in order to remain refreshed the next day.

Conclusion

In conclusion, it is very important for humans to know that cellphones are affecting them very negatively if preventive measures are not considered. Cellphones are still important in today’s life and it’s therefore not recommendable to throw them away for the sake of our health. Mitigation measures with respect to moderation on how we use our cellphones is what we should try to achieve thus avoid the health issues brought by cellphone use.