Are you kind of glued to your phone? According to phoneless people, there is life without a smartphone. For most of us, the mobile phone has become indispensable. This replaces our agenda, alarm clock, computer, telephone and our camera. That’s why the question arises: can you go a day without your cell phone?
That having a mobile phone would be unhealthy has been a discussion that has been going on for years. The World Health Organization indicates that the transmission signals from smartphones are ‘possibly carcinogenic’. This means that there is evidence that smartphones can cause cancer. But there is no evidence yet that that is happening.
Radiation too high
Yesterday it emerged that the Dutch telecom regulator has summoned the American tech giant Apple because the radiation emitted by the iPhone 12 is too high according to European standards. There is even a chance that the device will disappear from store shelves. This has now happened in France. Some people could be sensitive to radiation, for example if their body has difficulty dissipating heat.
So a day without a cell phone is not such a bad idea at all. The question is whether just one day of being ‘phone-free’ is enough and whether you can do it at all.