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06
Dec

Russia: Law banning mobile phones in classes included in the Education Law

December 6, 2023
Photo by Robert Collins on Unsplash 6th Dec 2023 The ban on mobile phones in Russian school classrooms is now legally mandated by the Russian Parliament- State Duma, effective today. The ban was established for the first time in the mandatory Sanitary Regulations from January 2021. Now the ban on the use of mobile phones...
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24
May

Association Between Exposure to Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Sleep Disorders Among Children in China

May 24, 2022
Wang L, Gong Y, Fang Q, et al. Association Between Exposure to Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Sleep Disorders Among Children in China. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(5):e2213247. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.13247 Key Points Question  Is artificial light at night (ALAN) associated with sleep disorders in Chinese children? Findings  In this cross-sectional study including 201 994 participants from the National Chinese Children...
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14
Dec

The Popular Family Safety App Life360 Is Selling Precise Location Data on Its Tens of Millions of Users

December 14, 2021
Source: https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/12/06/the-popular-family-safety-app-life360-is-selling-precise-location-data-on-its-tens-of-millions-of-user The app is a major source of raw location data for a multibillion-dollar industry that buys, packages, and sells people’s movements By: Jon Keegan and Alfred Ng December 6, 2021 Life360, a popular family safety app used by 33 million people worldwide, has been marketed as a great way for parents to track their...
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09
Oct

Screen time linked to risk of myopia in young people

October 9, 2021
Anglia Ruskin University. “Screen time linked to risk of myopia in young people: High levels of exposure can increase risk of short-sightedness by up to 80%.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 7 October 2021. High levels of exposure can increase risk of short-sightedness by up to 80% Date: October 7, 2021 Source: Anglia Ruskin University Summary: A new...
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02
Oct

Psychological and Emotional Effects of Digital Technology on Children in COVID-19 Pandemic

October 2, 2021
Limone, P.; Toto, G.A. Psychological and Emotional Effects of Digital Technology on Children in COVID-19 Pandemic. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091126 Abstract COVID-19 has caused obstacles in continuing normal life almost everywhere in the world by causing the implementation of social distancing and eventually imposing the lockdown. This has become the reason for the increase in technology...
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14
Aug

Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

August 14, 2021
Chawla N, Tom A, Sen M, Sagar R. Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 2021 Jun;43(4):294-299. PMCID: PMC8327877. Abstract Background and aims: The outbreak of COVID-19 led to a significant psychological impact on individuals, particularly those belonging to vulnerable groups. This study aimed to synthesize...
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08
Jul

Electromagnetic Field Exposure in Kindergarten Children: Responsive Health Risk Concern

July 8, 2021
Acharya SR, Shin YC, Moon DH and Pahari S (2021) Electromagnetic Field Exposure in Kindergarten Children: Responsive Health Risk Concern. Front. Pediatr. 9:694407. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.694407 Long-term exposure to physical agents can be detrimental to children due to their vulnerability. This study aimed to assess and compare the electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure level around the kindergartens from the...
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14
Jun

Skin in the game: Video-game–related cutaneous pathologies in adolescents

June 14, 2021
Kyriakou G, Glentis A. Skin in the game: Video-game-related cutaneous pathologies in adolescents. International Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 2021 Jun;8(2):68-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpam.2019.09.002. Abstract Background Following the inception of video games and the subsequent development of progressive innovations in videogame technology, many reports of videogame-related dermatologic conditions soon emerged in literature. Children and adolescents,...
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30
Apr

EMFSA April 2021 Newsletter

April 30, 2021
Photo by Dave Hoefler on Unsplash Topics Electrohypersensitivity Geneva Occupational Health Millimeter Waves Telehealth 3.5 GHz: Are health risks “unlikely” ? The Well Being of Children Robotics that could eventually fuse organic tissue with machines Robotics and Cyber Security Ionizing Radiation Latest on the Havana Syndrome Our April 2021 Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/emfsa/millimeter-waves “For the Safer Use of Technology”
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12
Apr

Time to regulate AI that interprets human emotions

April 12, 2021
Source: Nature WORLD VIEW, 06 APRIL 2021 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00868-5 Kate Crawford During the pandemic, technology companies have been pitching their emotion-recognition software for monitoring workers and even children remotely. Take, for example, a system named 4 Little Trees. Developed in Hong Kong, the program claims to assess children’s emotions while they do classwork. It maps facial features...
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