THE IMPACT OF SMART PHONES DEVICES AND MOBILE NETWORKS TOWERS ON YOUNGSTERS MENTAL ABILITIES:DEDUCTIVE RESEARCH IN BABIL PROVINCE, IRAQMOEN F. A. AL-ALAWACHI AND SHARIF F. A. AL- ALAWACHIAbstract Feeling headache, anxiety, boredom, confusion, nervous behavior, poor performance of most students, were observed during the classroom time. A research was done via designing aquantitative questionnaire to detect the key reasons of the mentioned symptoms, and followed by a survey to acquire population insights who are living at or near mobile towers about the topic in Babil province-Iraq. It was mentioned that long screen time for communication or surfing internet as a main reason by 63% the respondents, and various diseases were discovered among population living close to the mobile networks towers after setting up them. It was concluded by this research that a risky relationship (direct or indirect) between the addiction on smartphone; the radiation of mobile network towers and the human health, particularly the youngstersâ mental abilities. The necessity for further studies about the risks at human health caused by the electromagnetic fields emitted by smartphones and their broadcasting stations was recommended by this research. |