Maine leads the way with a bill on Cell Phone Warning Labels
source: http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/10/maine_bill_to_m.html
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Last week the Maine legislature approved a bill for consideration that would mandate warning labels on cell phones directed at children and pregnant women.
From the National Cancer Institute Fact sheet:
"Why is there concern that cellular telephones may cause cancer?
There are three main reasons why people are concerned that cellular telephones (also known as "wireless" or "mobile" telephones) may cause certain types of cancer:
Cellular telephones emit radiofrequency (RF) energy (radio waves), which is a form of radiation that is under investigation for its effects on the human body (1).
Cellular telephone technology emerged in Europe in the 1980s but did not come into widespread use in the United States until the 1990s. The technology is rapidly changing, so there are few long-term studies of the effects of RF energy from cellular telephones on the human body (1).
The number of cellular telephone users has increased rapidly. As of December 2008, there were more than 270 million subscribers to cellular telephone service in the United States, according to the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association. This is an increase from 110 million users in 2000 and 208 million users in 2005."
We have reached a point where you cannot hide from cell phones. Even if you don't use one, you may be on the train with 20 people who use them. You may be in an apartment building where everyone uses a cell phone. There is no sheild you could use to protect yourself from this type of radiation. It seems like we are conducting a mass human experiment on the effect of radiation from cell phones on the brain, only there is no control group. The 'everybody's doing it" excuse sounds as lame to this phenomenon as it does to the jumping off the bridge scenario.
From the National Cancer Institute Fact sheet:
"Why is there concern that cellular telephones may cause cancer?
There are three main reasons why people are concerned that cellular telephones (also known as "wireless" or "mobile" telephones) may cause certain types of cancer:
Cellular telephones emit radiofrequency (RF) energy (radio waves), which is a form of radiation that is under investigation for its effects on the human body (1).
Cellular telephone technology emerged in Europe in the 1980s but did not come into widespread use in the United States until the 1990s. The technology is rapidly changing, so there are few long-term studies of the effects of RF energy from cellular telephones on the human body (1).
The number of cellular telephone users has increased rapidly. As of December 2008, there were more than 270 million subscribers to cellular telephone service in the United States, according to the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association. This is an increase from 110 million users in 2000 and 208 million users in 2005."
We have reached a point where you cannot hide from cell phones. Even if you don't use one, you may be on the train with 20 people who use them. You may be in an apartment building where everyone uses a cell phone. There is no sheild you could use to protect yourself from this type of radiation. It seems like we are conducting a mass human experiment on the effect of radiation from cell phones on the brain, only there is no control group. The 'everybody's doing it" excuse sounds as lame to this phenomenon as it does to the jumping off the bridge scenario.
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