Between Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, texts, phone calls and web search capabilities, it can be tough to put the phone down

Cell phones might even be hazardous to our sleep, with the latest evidence suggesting that individuals with smartphones in the bedroom sleep less each night.

picture phones and other applications such as calculator  in particular can be used to cheat on tests and quizzes. Take a picture of the test, send it to your buddy, and get a text back with the answer.

Cell phones can be a distraction in the classroom.

They can use a cell phone to text or leave a voice mail explaining what they are doing so parents can better coordinate with them.

exposure to the radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones was associated with an average 8.1 percent decrease in sperm motility and an average 9.1 percent decrease in sperm viability.

Due to the high level of convenience, anyone can get a hold of you anywhere and anytime through mobile phones.

Many people have preferred to use cell phones to replace their landlines, as these gadgets are usually smaller and portable transportable. The need to stay around a certain area to use a landline is eliminated with a cell phone, as you can usually go across the states and countries with little worry of losing service with a mobile device. However, cell phone providers would often charge extra to your monthly bills to allow the service outside their home country.

Drivers under the age of 20 have the highest proportion of distraction-related fatal crashes.1,3

69% of drivers in the United States ages 18-64 reported that they had talked on their cell phone while driving within the 30 days before they were surveyed.

adly, children and teens are at greatest risk—both for parotid gland tumors and brain tumors—as their thinner skull bones allow for greater penetration of cell phone radiation. The radiation can enter all the way into their midbrain, where tumors are more deadly. In addition, children's cells reproduce more quickly, so they're more susceptible to aggressive cell growth. Children also face a far greater lifetime exposure. According to Professor Lennart Hardell of Sweden, those who begin using cell phones heavily as teenagers have 4 to 5 times more brain cancer as young adults!

Men in particular may want to reconsider carrying their cell phones on their belts or in their pocket, in close proximity of their reproductive organs. In addition, you have a number of other sensitive organs in that general area, including liver, kidneys, colon and bladder—all of which are susceptible to radiation.

There are many personal security applications for smart phones, but these applications are a mixed blessing. Although these personal security applications can increase the effectiveness of cell phones, these personal security applications also can make their owners overconfident. In addition, these personal security applications require smart phones, and not everyone can afford a smart phone. Those who can afford smart phones also might become distracted while enjoying the many other information and entertainment applications on these phones. Being thus distracted, they will not be as aware of their surroundings and will be more easily surprised by criminals. Finally, someone who owns and uses these expensive smart phones in public will give criminals an additional incentive to rob them.

Older children who can drive may be tempted to call or text while driving which can severely increase their risk of a car accident.

Older children who can drive will be able to have a phone on hand in case they face any type of emergency situation on the road.

There has been no rise in the rate of brain cancers despite a massive increase in the use of cell phones. If cell phones were causing cancer we could expect a significant rise in the rate of brain and other related cancers. According to the National Cancer Institute, there was no increase in the incidence of brain or other nervous system cancers between the years 1987 and 2005 despite the fact that cell phone use dramatically increased during those same years. [6] Between 2004 and 2010 there was still no significant change in the incidence rate of brain tumors. Between 2004 and 2010 there was a slight increase from 209 cases to 221.8 cases per 100,000 people, but this slight increase was attributed to better tracking and recording of cases. [43] During the same time period, cell phone use increased 62.7% from 182,140,362 subscribers in 2004 to 296,285,629 in 2010. [44]

Radiation from cell phones can damage sperm. Cell phone storage in front pockets has been linked to poor fertility and higher chances of miscarriage and childhood cancer. [18] According to the Cleveland Clinic Center for Reproductive Medicine, semen quality "tended to decline as daily cell phone use increased." [19] According to a May-June 2012 meta-study in the Journal of Andrology, "men using mobile phones have decreased sperm concentration" in addition to "decreased viability" of their sperm. [64]

By eating with the seasons, we are eating foods when they are at their peak taste

knowing part of the story about your food is such a powerful part of enjoying a meal.

Because the produce will be handled less, locally grown fruit does not have to be “rugged” or to stand up to the rigors of shipping. This means that you are going to be getting peaches so ripe that they fall apart as you eat them, figs that would have been smashed to bits if they were sold using traditional methods, and melons that were allowed to ripen until the last possible minute on the vine.

Supermarkets are interested in selling “Name brand” fruit: Romaine Lettuce, Red Delicious Apples, Russet Potatoes. Local producers often play with their crops from year to year, trying out Little Gem Lettuce, Senshu Apples, and Chieftain Potatoes.

While produce that is purchased in the supermarket or a big-box store has been in transit or cold-stored for days or weeks, produce that you purchase at your local farmer’s market has often been picked within 24 hours of your purchase.

Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness.

I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions

At thy return my blushing was not small,