Here is another black-tag for the mobile phone; some Russian Scientists believe that over a dozen recent-deaths due to lightning strikes were caused by cellphones. Apparently in the past weeks more than a dozen Russians were struck by lightning. Reports suggest that at least some of these people were using cellphones or portable music players when they were hit by lightning - leading some to believe that the electromagnetic fields surrounding these gadgets are directly causing the lighting strikes. Leonid Tarkov of the weather observation center FOBOS believes that electronics are the cause of these increased lightning strikes. "These things are electromagnetic field carriers," said Tarkov. "That makes them, in essence, conductors. Thunderbolts are frequently attracted to such things, and hits are often connected with a lethal outcome."
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