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The current issue of the magazine „umwelt – medizin – gesellschaft“ (meaning: environment - medicine - society) is dedicated to the main topic "New Media - New Risks". The organ of several environmental medicine associations examines in four articles in detail the conditioning to digital consumption, the effects of digital media and mobile phones on people, as well as the mobile phone radiation on agricultural…

"Digital detox" is an advertising slogan with which more and more hotels and tourism associations are courting guests. There is talk of switching off and calming down, handing in your cell phone at reception and abstinence from the internet. Anyone who suffers from an internet-based information overload at work or is bored with excessive smartphone use…

A marketing campaign by Kit Kat: „Have a break, have no Wi-Fi“. The brand installed a couple of „Wi-Fi free“ spots in Amsterdam to encourage people to have a real conversation instead of texting. Well, great message, but they replaced one devil with another: In a city like Amsterdam it’s…

In May 2011, the Council of Europe called on all governments of European countries to change their mobile policy: European governments should do their utmost to reduce radiation exposure from mobile phones. Concrete immediate measures were proposed as part of a precautionary policy, such as awareness campaigns, especially for children and young people, educational…