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Article: CELLULAR PHONE DEBATE RAGES ON.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 24, 1994
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Byline: ALAN PATUREAU Cox News Service
A generation ago only Dick Tracy had instant, wrist-to-wrist communication. Now, everybody can live the dream.
About 16.4 million cellular phones were in use in the United States in January, according to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, up from 10 million a year ago.
About half of the total are portable cellular phones, which you'll see people using in restaurants, at conventions, at sports events, on construction sites, on trips just about anywhere.
Perhaps because they've become such a part of everyday life, lawsuits questioning their safety have captured national ...