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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Smartphones should carry health warning, Spanish government told

Index finger of young man touching smartphone
The report urges the government to name mobile phone addiction as a public health concern. Photograph: Westend61/Getty Images

Smartphones sold in Spain should carry a label warning users about their potential health impacts, experts have told the Spanish government, in a report that calls for doctors to ask about screen time during checkups.

As Spain pushes forward with a draft law to limit children’s exposure to technology, the 50-member committee of experts has also called for minors to have limited exposure to digital devices until they are 13 to mitigate what they see as a public health problem.

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