Editing Television (section)

==Negative impacts==
Children, especially those aged five or younger, are at risk of injury from falling televisions.<ref name=Ferguson2012>{{cite book | url = https://www.safekids.org/sites/default/files/documents/ResearchReports/TV%20Tipovers%20Research%20Rpt.pdf | last1 = Ferguson | first1 = RW | last2 = Mickalide | first2 = AD | title = A Report to the Nation on Home Safety: The Dangers of TV Tip-Overs | location = Washington, D.C. | publisher = [[Safe Kids Worldwide]] | date = December 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906191453/https://www.safekids.org/sites/default/files/documents/ResearchReports/TV%20Tipovers%20Research%20Rpt.pdf | archive-date = 6 September 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref> A [[Cathode-ray tube|CRT-style]] television that falls on a child will, because of its weight, hit with the equivalent force of falling multiple stories from a building.<ref name="19980901_Pediatrics">{{cite journal | last1 = Bernard | first1 = Philip A. | last2 = Johnston | first2 = Carden | last3 = Curtis | first3 = Scott E. | last4 = King | first4 = William D. | title = Toppled television sets cause significant pediatric morbidity and mortality | journal = [[Pediatrics (journal)|Pediatrics]] | date = 1998-09-01 | volume = 102 | number = 3 | page = E32 | doi = 10.1542/peds.102.3.e32 | eissn = 1098-4275 | issn = 0031-4005 | oclc =  1761995 | pmid = 9724680 | doi-access = free | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Newer [[Flat-panel display|flat-screen]] televisions are "top-heavy and have narrow bases", which means that a small child can easily pull one over.<ref name=SafeKids>{{cite book | url = https://www.safekids.org/sites/default/files/documents/skw_home_fact_sheet_feb_2015.pdf | title = Home Safety Fact Sheet (2015) | date = February 2015 | publisher = SafeKids Worldwide | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824000908/https://www.safekids.org/sites/default/files/documents/skw_home_fact_sheet_feb_2015.pdf | archive-date = 24 August 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, TV tip-overs were responsible for more than 10,000 injuries per year to children in the United States, at a cost of more than {{US$|8}}{{nbsp}}million per year (equivalent to {{US$|{{Inflation|US|8|2015|r=2}}}}{{nbsp}}million per year in {{Inflation/year|US}}) in [[Emergency medicine|emergency care]].<ref name=Ferguson2012 /><ref name=SafeKids />

A 2017 study in ''[[The Journal of Human Resources]]'' found that exposure to cable television reduced cognitive ability and high school graduation rates for boys. This effect was stronger for boys from more educated families. The article suggests a mechanism where light television entertainment crowds out more cognitively stimulating activities.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.3368/jhr.54.2.0316.7819R1| title=Television, Cognitive Ability, and High School Completion| date = 2019-03-01 | last1 = Hernæs | first1 = Øystein | last2 = Markussen | first2=Simen| last3=Røed| first3=Knut| journal = [[The Journal of Human Resources]] | volume = 54 | issue = 2 | pages = 371–400 | hdl=10419/130339| s2cid=4846339| url=https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9645| hdl-access=free | issn = 0022-166X | eissn = 1548-8004 | lccn = 66009974 | oclc = 1604126 | df = dmy-all}}</ref>

With high lead content in [[cathode-ray tube|CRTs]] and the rapid diffusion of new flat-panel display technologies, some of which ([[LCD]]s) use lamps which contain [[mercury (element)|mercury]], there is growing concern about [[electronic waste]] from discarded televisions. Related [[occupational health]] concerns exist, as well, for disassemblers removing copper wiring and other materials from CRTs. Further environmental concerns related to television design and use relate to the devices' increasing [[electrical energy]] requirements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/content/download/28169/337639/version/3/file/Riseofthemachines.pdf |publisher=Energy Saving Trust |title=The Rise of the Machines: A Review of Energy Using Products in the Home from the 1970s to Today |date=3 July 2006 |access-date=31 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828072528/http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/content/download/28169/337639/version/3/file/Riseofthemachines.pdf |archive-date=28 August 2012 }}</ref>