DAY 3- Research

DAY 3-  RESEARCH :  How does your topic impact your future digital footprint?  
DIGITAL HEALTH & WELLNESS
1.n addition to enhancing health and wellness, technology can also hinder it if you aren’t careful. For example, health issues like carpal tunnel, eye strain, or muscle tension can occur. Medical literature also still debates the long term effects of cell phones on health and wellness. Even constant exposure to people with poor e-mail or cell phone etiquette can affect personal wellness by increasing stress. http://www.manifestexcellence.com/Wellness-and-technology.html


2.Office printer could be posing as much danger to the lungs as a drag on a cigarette, according to air quality tests by Australian scientists. http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/printers-pose-health-risks-study/2007/07/31/1185647880054.html


3. One research need the committee identified is studies of any potential health consequences from multiple, long-term, low-intensity RF exposure as opposed to most of the present data that evaluates acute effects on healthy adults during short exposures to RF fields. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080117164130.htm


4.  In the case of glioma, a type of brain cancer, and acoustic neuroma, a slow-growing non-cancerous tumour in the inner ear that results in hearing loss, the existing evidence was limited. This means the group found that evidence of a causal relationship between cellphone radiation exposure and increased risk of developing one of those diseases was credible but could not rule out that chance, bias or confounding had played a role in establishing that relationship. http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2009/01/22/f-cellphoneshealth.html


5. One thing that I know for sure is that these signals gives awful headaches when you work in a wireless lab where three or four access points are broadcasting at the same time on different channels. I've also heard many stories about people who had their desk located directly under a broadcasting antenna and whom had terrible migraines at the end each day.

 http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/02/health-issues-surrounding-use-of.html

6. BBC programme Panorama found that radiation levels from wi-fi in one school was up to three times the level of mobile phone mast radiation.

The readings were 600 times below the government's safety limits but there is ongoing debate about wi-fi use. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6676129.stm


7. For years there have been rumblings that excessive use of cell phones can cause tumors and even cancer, but many have dismissed these reports as unfounded. Recent studies and reports to come out of Canada; however, may have people rethinking the use of wireless technology in their homes, especially as it pertains to wireless routers. Today we're going to take a close look at wireless technology's potential health risks, especially as they pertain to children.

http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Networking-Hardware/Wireless-Technology-Health-Risks/

8.Due to the rise of wireless mobile technology in recent years, there have been several questions posed on the safety of mobile phones. Mobile phones use electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range and people believe that this may be harmful to the health of human beings. Due to these concerns, there is a large body of research in place. These bodies of research involve both epidemiological and experimental and both on humans and non-humans. More concerns have even been raised regarding other digital wireless systems and data communication networks as well. http://www.medic8.com/healthguide/articles/healthriskmobiles.html

9. A massive study in the UK into the possible health effects of radiation from cellphones has been unable to rule them safe in the long term, and another international study has concluded that what are presently considered to be acceptable exposure levels to radio waves of all frequencies are too high and should be lowered. http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/technology/14455-more-bad-news-on-the-dangers-of-using-cellphones

10.Technology is taking over. With technology come health problems, just like with cars. If someone drives a car all day long (like taxi drivers) they could have some serious back problems.

http://www.safecomputingtips.com/blog/healthy-computing/top-5-health-problems-caused-by-computer-use/