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San Francisco Supervisors’ Committee Approves Cell Phone Radiation Labeling – Recommends to Board
San Francisco committee recommends legislation to Board of Supervisors requiring retailers in the city to label cell phones by radiation level or Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), and provide consumer information on minimizing cell phone radiation exposure.
Youth Use Media and Social Networking 7+ Hrs/Day:
Besides Bad Messages, What’s Being Absorbed?
New worries about new media: youth use of cell phones and mobile devices which emit radiation; San Francisco considers legislation deterring children’s cell phone use.
NBC Features Cell Phone Radiation Concerns;
Senate Hearing on Cell Phone Safety Confirmed
Cell phone radiation concerns make broadcast news with the Environmental Working Group’s just released report on cell phone radiation levels, and upcoming scientific and political hearings on cell phone safety.
Unreliable 911 Routing, Unknown Radiation Effects:
Concerns Haven’t Slowed Wireless Market Enthusiasm
Wireless technology and its support networks are far from mature and not fully understood: 911 emergency calls aren’t routed correctly and cell phone radiation concerns haven’t been completely addressed. These facts have hardly distracted anyone from the decade’s biggest ongoing electronic gadget competition, which has increased in intensity even during the economic downturn.
