It has been determined that holding a cell phone against your ear as well as stuffing it in a pocket against your body may be hazardous to your health. The warning against this hazardous behavior is only mentioned in fine print in the little slip of paper that you toss aside when you open your phone, so therefore the warning is generally missed by an awful lot of customers. Since health issues arise from ordinary use of this hardware, it affects not only a large span of customers but also a huge industry. Brain cancer is one of the major concerns, but overall there has not been a general increase in its incidence since cell phones arrived. This poses a public problem because now that people are more aware of the dangers of cell phones, the demand for cell phones may decrease and therefore hurt the industry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/business/14digi.html?src=me&ref=general
Kilee Imlay
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I do not think that this will have a substantial effect on the industry. Cell phones are a part of our lives more than ever nowadays, kids are getting cell phones at ages as early as 6 years old. I also think that there are ways the industry can help the people and they have already begun to do so. Headsets, and bluetooth products allow the person to talk on their phone without placing it in direct contact with their ear. Unless new technological means of communication are created, the cell/smart phone industry will never die.
ReplyDelete-Jordan Goodman
Kilee,
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jordan. If, however, they did see cell phone use as a larger problem with more and more proof of them causing health problems, I would feel that they would make it more obvious to cell phone buyers. There is a possibility of something different coming from cell phone use, but until that happens, even if there is proof of it affecting health, I don't think that anyone is going to stop using their phones because of it. What do you guys think? And why do you think they make the label so small?
Elise Leppert