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(i) Th passage is about electrical gadgets.​

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Electronic gadgets are instruments which can perform many activities at a time with vast speed, making hard work an efficient one. They are useful for many purposes, can save time, money, provide information, reduce hard work and operate machines. They play vital roles in entertainment, information and communication technology (ICT) and have proved to be useful in almost every sector such as health (E-health), government (E-governance), commerce (E-commerce), banking, agriculture and education. Electronic gadgets include Phones, computers (laptops, palmtops, i-pads and tablets), televisions, radios, refrigerators, GPRS navigation systems, cameras, hospital gadgets such as ECG machines, automated visual field analysers, digital glucometers and automated blood pressure apparatus. There have been several advances in the use of electronic gadgets such as the shift from the use of analogue telephone landlines to smartphones; change from 1 st generation very big ENIAC computers to laptops and i-pads. This revolution in the use of electronic gadgets has predisposed people to several health benefits and risks as well. Some public health benefits include improved healthcare delivery through the use of gadgets such as mobile phones in teleconsulting and in disaster management. Negative public health implications of the use of electronic gadgets include interference with the natural electromagnetic wave which is necessary for the survival and good health of man, environmental pollution, brain damage, psychological and behavioural P a g e | 137 disorders, visual impairment, nuisance, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, disparity in the distribution of healthcare services, impairment of cognitive functions, infertility, accidents, injuries and explosions, birth defects and genetic mutations, and muscle and joint pains. Anti-radiation chips and electromagnetic wave neutralizers should be used with all electronic devices in order to protect people from the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation these gadgets emit. Electronic devices should also be reused, their wastes reduced and/or recycled before sending to the landfill.

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