Are Smartphones Harmful to our Health? 

Do you ever just want to lay in bed and go on your smartphone?

Everyone has that feeling when they are laying in bed and watching television on their phone and they suddenly remember they have homework to do. They sit there and contemplate whether they want to start their homework or keep playing on their phone. It has been proven that kids are starting to become addicted to their smartphones. When kids develop an addiction with their phone, they start to only communicate through it. With all the social media apps that people are coming out with, kids create friends online and don't develop social skills as they should be at their age. Smartphones are harmful to our health by causing chances of cancer, the possibility of a tumor and hurting our mental health. 

Why our mental health is being abused due to smartphones.

Smartphones have become very popular over the last few years. There are currently 2.7 billion smartphone users in our world. Majority of those users have social media apps such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and many more. These social media apps allow the opportunity for kids to post almost anything they want. Teenagers use social media as a way to express how they feel, including  it being about someone or themselves and whether it is nice or not. Having the opportunity to post anything, kids don't know what is right or wrong and before they can realize the consequences, it is already out. When seeing a post on social media about you or your friends hanging out without you, it doesn't give you the best feeling. Teenagers are constantly going out and posting about it on social media. When seeing the post and not being included teenagers feel left out. With cell phones having social media apps on them, it is ruining teenagers' mental health. 

Is your sleep schedule being disrupted by your smartphone use?

When using a cellphone at night your ruining your sleep schedule. Cell phones give off a blue light, which your brain can interpret as the day time causing you to stay awake. The blue light ends the increase of melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone that should increase as you go to bed causing you to be sleepy. Also, if you keep your ringer on while your trying to fall asleep, you will hear all the alerts you get at night, causing you to look at your phone. If you hear see what text you got you are going to want to reply causing you to stay up longer. 

Can Cancer be an issue to using Smartphones?
There are numerous reasons as to why smartphones can cause certain types of cancer. The cell phone usage has increased rapidly, in 2017 there were over 400 million cell phone subscribers. Smartphones give off radio frequency radiation which is connected to humans by heat. Researchers have found  a connection between cellphones and cancer of the salivary glands. Although, there is not a high chance of getting diagnosed with cancer due to cell phones, not going on them as much can reduce the chances. There are studies of an increased risk of glioma which is a type of a brain tumor. Although studies have not shown that the radio frequency that cell phones give off cause cancer, they have said that the radio frequency is carcinogenic to people, which means it is possible to causing cancer. 

In all, Smartphones are dangerous to our mental and physical health. A major target is teenagers, because their brains are still developing and growing. The amount of teens using smartphones increases, as well as the chances of poor health.