Mobile phones are not lightning strike risk: Injury from lightning strike while using mobile phone

doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7558.96-a

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Chris W Althaus, chief executive officer (Chris.Althaus@amta.org.au)

Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA), Canberra, Australia

EDITOR—The claim in the letter by Esprit et al, that mobile phones are a risk when used in a storm, is misleading.1 Although some people speculate that mobile phones pose a risk when used outdoors because lightning is attracted to metal, mobile phone handsets generally contain insignificant amounts of metal.

Following worldwide media interest in the letter, the US …