On call: Cell phones and hospitals
On call
Cell phones and hospitals
Q. When I visited a friend in the hospital recently, I was annoyed that I was not allowed to use my cell phone. Are cell phones really dangerous?
A. Ever since they became popular, cell phones have provoked controversy. Because they emit radio-frequency fields, they've been blamed for everything from cancer to pacemaker malfunction. But the facts are reassuring.
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