Re: On cell phone radiation (SF Chronicle)

[Guest guest]

Sounds like "nanny" government to me. If people are so hysterical about this then they should not have cell phones or other radiation-emitting electronic wonders.

We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

Mohandas K. Gandhi

From: rumjal <rumjal@...>Flu Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 1:11:53 AMSubject: [Flu] On cell phone radiation (SF Chronicle)

On cell phone radiationWhat we said: "The cellular phone industry, wielding the threat of litigation, intimidated San Francisco into shelving a law that would have required point-of-sale disclosure of phones' radiation levels. The industry had similarly pressured the Federal Communications Commission to back down from its recommendation that customers consider a unit's specific absorption rate (that rate at which the body absorbs radiofrequency energy from a phone) when making a purchase. But the concerns about the potential danger of cell phone radiation will not go away so easily." - Editorial, May 7, 2011What happened: On Monday, the Senate Environmental Quality Committee approved legislation (SB932, by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco) that would require in-store displays and manufacturers' websites to advise customers that the units emit radiation, and to consult their user manuals for tips on how to reduce exposure. San Francisco

supervisors also are considering a scaled-back version of the disclosure law that was shelved.What's next: A statewide standard makes the most sense, and Leno's bill is a modest but important step forward. Nearly all manufacturers include advice on reducing radiation exposure - using a hands-free device, keeping cell phones out of pockets, limiting call time - but that notice is typically buried deep in the manuals, often in tiny print... This article appeared on page A - 11 of the San Francisco Chroniclehttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/11/ED151JE8JG.DTL & feed=rss.opinion

[Guest guest]

Or is it a case of an industry that wants no regulation and is willing to buy

what it wants, and the public health effects be damned?

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> Sounds like " nanny " government to me. If people are so hysterical about this

> then they should not have cell phones or other radiation-emitting electronic

> wonders.

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> We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

> Mohandas K. Gandhi