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Screens
01
Jan

Can Light Emitted from Smartphone Screens and Taking Selfies Cause Premature Aging and Wrinkles?

January 1, 2019
J Biomed Phys Eng. 2018 Dec; 8(4): 447–452. Published online 2018 Dec 1. Abstract Since the early days of human life on the Earth, our skin has been exposed to different levels of light. Recently, due to inevitable consequences of modern life, humans are not exposed to adequate levels of natural light during the day...
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01
Jan

Blue Light Induces Down-Regulation of Aquaporin 1, 3, and 9 in Human Keratinocytes.

January 1, 2019
Abstract Published online 2018 Nov 3. doi: 10.3390/cells7110197 The development in digital screen technology has exponentially increased in the last decades, and many of today’s electronic devices use light-emitting diode (LED) technology producing very strong blue light (BL) waves. Long-term exposure at LED-BL seems to have an implication in the dehydration of the epidermis, in the...
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02
Oct

Screen Time Colorado – Camilla Rees Highlights

October 2, 2018
Screen Time Colorado Published on Jun 5, 2017 Link to the full video: https://youtu.be/Hu3-i3IOS44 Link to the website: https://www.screentimecolorado.com/ A slide from the presentation:
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11
Aug

Blue Light, Devices, Screens and Blindness

August 11, 2018
Excerpts: Karunarathne’s lab found that blue light exposure causes retinal to trigger reactions that generate poisonous chemical molecules in photoreceptor cells. “It’s toxic. If you shine blue light on retinal, the retinal kills photoreceptor cells as the signaling molecule on the membrane dissolves,” Kasun Ratnayake, a PhD student researcher working in Karunarathne’s cellular photo chemistry...
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09
Jul

Spain’s Supreme Court considers an employee’s retinal detachment while working in front of his computer to be an occupational accident.

July 9, 2018
Via Reti-Care www.reticare.com – Spain’s high court gives the reason of a work-related accident for an employee while working as an administrative at a Social Security office in Spain. The decision was established by the Supreme Court in Spain, after studying the case of a Social Security administrative, who suffered a retinal detachment suddenly, while she...
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23
Jun

Recommended Article – The Dangers of Distracted Parenting

June 23, 2018
When it comes to children’s development, parents should worry less about kids’ screen time—and more about their own. Erika Christakis July/August 2018 Issue  https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/the-dangers-of-distracted-parenting/561752/ Excerpts: Smartphones have by now been implicated in so many crummy outcomes—car fatalities, sleep disturbances, empathy loss, relationship problems, failure to notice a clown on a unicycle—that it almost seems easier...
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03
Dec

The Rich Get Smart, The Poor Get Technology: The New Digital Divide in School Choice

December 3, 2017
By Dr. Screen-Free Mom http://www.screenfreeparenting.com/author/screen-free-mom/ November 21, 2017 Excerpts: The “digital divide” was a term originally coined in the early 2000s to describe the “have” and “have-nots” of computers and mobile technology. There was great concern that low-income children would be left behind because of their lack of technology in the home. In the United...
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07
Sep

When Screens Harm Our Children

September 7, 2017
07 September 2017 When Screens Harm Our Children by Sophie Davaris, ABO+, Tribune de Genève, 26 August 2017 – translation See also the previous post Health: Exposure to tablets, TV, and smartphones alter the development of toddlers. In Geneva, doctors and teachers are sounding the alarm By age 7, a child will have spent an...
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07
Sep

Switzerland: Note Issued by the Child and Youth Health Service of Geneva on the Health Risks of Use of Digital Technology

September 7, 2017
07 September 2017 On July 2017, the Child and Youth Service of the Department of Public Instruction, Geneva canton, issued a note on the risks of digital technology to health which must be transmitted to all teachers at the start of the school year. The Service reminds us that screens also affect sleep and eyesight,...
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