Side effects of technological advancement

in health •  6 years ago 

Human being has made a drastic advancement in the field of technology may it be IT, electronics,medical science, communication and many more in last some decades.

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It has made our life so easy that it has been now possible to reach any part of the world by only one click.
But every good change brings some side effects with it.
This technological development also has many side effects specially social issues.here are some of them-

  • Isolation and social issues

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With the development in the field of communication, people are busy with social media found busy with their tabs and mobiles all the time specially teens.
They don't show any interest in the interaction with the people around them may it be their family or neighbours.
Gradually this leads to social isolation and many other problems like obesity due to lack of exercise, stress and depression due to keeping mind constantly busy with social media or games, misuse of informations on internet leading to lack of privacy and security, lack of sexual bounderies due to availability of pornographic material.

  • Pollution

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With the advancement in mechanical engineering, civil engineering and even in electronics field there has been drastic increase in waste materials.
With the increase in number of industries, there has been much increase in water pollution, air pollution, noice pollution and even now a days pollution due to e-waste has been a big problem.
This all is leading to global warming which is a biggest problem of the world at this time.

  • health issues

respiratory problems due to air pollution

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vitamin deficiencies due to lack of purity and nutrients in chemically grown vegetables, grains and fruits.
Obesity due to lack of exercise

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Eye soreness due to constant watching the screen
Cancer due to overuse of pesticides, all types of pollutions etc
Skin cancer due to ozone layer depletion
Blackberry/iPhone thumb it is a type of tendonitis occurring due to overuse of thumb to press the keys of mobile or video games

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Sleep deprivation and shortened attention span

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Head and neck pain due to constant use of laptop and mobile phones

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