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...Qian Zhang ’04, another cell user, said a ban would be more trouble than it is worth...
...results contradict those from a similar study the center conducted in 2000, which found that a cell phone ban would be “premature” given limited data at the time. That study had been commissioned by AT&T Wireless, but the latest study was independently funded by the center...
...study measured the benefits of a ban by considering medical costs, property damage and estimates of what people would be willing to pay to avoid pain, suffering and death...
That evaluation found that a ban would be worth about $43 billion a year, although the estimate is imprecise and researchers place the range of possible values anywhere from $9 to $193 billion. Those savings would be roughly offset by the economic impact of unmade calls, also estimated to be around $43 billion annually and to range from $17 to $151 billion...
...estimates could prove useful despite the significant uncertainty, according to Cohen. Overall, the ranges suggest that a cell phone ban would be “a wash” in its economic costs and benefits...