Are Cell Phones Safe Or Harmful?

On CNN.Com there is an article that talks about whether or not cell phones are safe to have close to your body.
In the video “Are cell phones safe?”, Dr.Sanjay Gupta/ Chief of Neurosurgery at Grady Memorial says “ That the cell phone radiation causes a sort of heating up of the brain….” This statement tells us that cell phones can be harmful, they say it’s not enough to do anything in just one use, but over time people could see the effects of this radiation. The Federal Communications Division says that cell phones are safe, that the radiation that comes from the phone is not harmful. But some doctors say otherwise. In the video they say that "the percentage of the effects of cell phone radiation happening to any one person is very slim." I personally think that the radiation in cell phones is so minimal that we will never have to worry about any of the effects that are supposed to come with the radiation. I've used a cell phone since in the 6th grade and I haven't had any side effects or anything else that come with the supposed risks of using a cellphone.
Dr.Sanjay Gupta says “The World Health Organization has labeled phones as a possible carcinogen” That means that their saying cell phones are cancer causing agents, and that it puts them in the same cancer causing risk with led paint and diesel fuel exhaust. They say that the radiation in phones is more affective to kids because of how thin their skulls are. The video says that "there have been very few cases, almost none, concerning cellphone cancer diagnosis..." In another article, they say that kids are more susceptible to the side effects because of their thin skulls but it is still unlikely. They say that the recommended age for kids to use cellphones is "11 to 12 years of age", so that's there skulls can develop more and be more protected.


  http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=he_mid#/video/health/2013/02/21/hm-cell-phone-safety.cnn

Privacy??

In today's world our privacy is a major thing in our life, with all the things we put on our social networks, all the things we text, and all the E-mails we send. But, in today's world, the documentation of our every move and every desire is becoming increasingly inescapable. According to Rowan, "anybody who is using any kind of electronic device is giving up the practical ability to be untrackable."
     With Facebook launching the new Home app, this issue of privacy has been brought up. They say that "Technology seems to be moving ever closer to a world where every aspect of our existence is recorded, both at our will and not, and Keen argues that humans are not ready for this, this ability "to press the rewind button on your life". I agree with this statement, that humans in general are not ready for every little move they make to be recorded. To me that is a major problem, because if we don't have privacy then what do we have that's our own? I mean if someone knew every move I made every little thing I did, that would just be plain weird and not to mention wrong!! Privacy is a thing that no one else should have a right to violate. I bet the people that are pushing towards this "no privacy" thing wouldn't want us knowing every little move they've made.
     In the article, they say that "pervasive is the power of internet giants that the U.S. government launched an official "National Data Privacy Day" -- a drive to raise awareness among teenagers and young adults about the importance of maintaining what little privacy they may have left." In the Article they say that now a days not many people try and keep stuff as private as they did a couple years ago like Facebook information, stuff like that. Maybe that's one of the reasons that privacy is starting to become a thing of the past. To me.. Privacy is a major thing in my life that I would like to keep. I don't want anyone else knowing all my business and my every move.