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Glendale, Los Angeles and LA County Join Arlington, Texas Fifth Circuit Appeal on Wireless Siting

Glendale, California joins Arlington, Texas and other municipalities in Fifth Circuit Appeal of FCC ’shot clock’ ruling.

State Bill on Cell Phone Labeling Fails on Senate Floor

Mark Leno’s SB 1212 requiring specific absorption rate information on cell phones fails on California Senate floor.

SF Chronicle and Berkeley School of Public Health Researcher Call for Radiation Warnings on Cell Phones

San Francisco Chronicle, UC Berkeley School of Public Health researcher, endorse Mark Leno’s proposed California SB1212, requiring manufacturers to include radiation warnings on cell phones.

History of Political Wrangling Over Cell Phones Includes Tom Hayden

Glendale, California’s Friends of the Library program welcomes Tom Hayden as guest speaker, while Glendale Organized Against Cell Towers reviews his legislative efforts to warn consumers about cell phone health risks.

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.

State of Maine, City of San Francisco To Decide on
Cell Phone Radiation Warnings

The state of Maine and city of San Francisco will consider requiring consumer warnings on cell phone radiation in early 2010.