Cell Phones Dangerous in Surprising Way
Cell phones have been accused of being dangerous because they beam microwaves into people’s brains, but now a new cell phone danger has been discovered. If you talk on your cell phone while walking, it can give you an aching back.
Australian researcher Paul Hodges says this is because of the way we breathe. You may not have noticed this, but the human body is designed to exhale when our feet touch the ground, in order to protect the spine from sudden jolts. But talking and walking at the same time disrupts this pattern, so the spine is more likely to be injured. While we sometimes talk with other people while walking, we?re much more likely to talk on our cell phones.
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