Are there any other health risks associated with the use of cellphones?
Yes. One study by Hayes et al in 1997 involving 980 people with pacemakers reported that a cellular telephone held over the pacemaker interfered with a substantial proportion of pacemakers, in some cases leading to symptoms. However, holding the telephone against the ear caused little interference; the main risk occurs when the telephone is held against the chest. To date, the most significant health effect for cell phone use is an increased risk of car accidents. A 1997 article in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that the risk of a collision was about four times greater when the driver was using either a hand-free telephone or holding the phone to the ear with one hand. There is also evidence from a 1999 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)by Dreyer et al that the heaviest users have more than twice the mortality rates from car accidents than the lightest users. 10. Might the cancer risk due to use of cellular phones be greater in children than in
