San Francisco Now Requires Radiation Levels From Cell Phones To Be Posted In Stores

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Can we just post signs that say: Don't Breathe, You'll Die???

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/06/16/san.francisco.cell.radiation/index.html?hpt=T2

(CNN) -- San Francisco, California, likely will become the first U.S. city to require cell phone companies to disclose how much radiation their gadgets emit.

The city's board of supervisors voted 10-1 on Tuesday in favor of a law that would require handset makers to post in stores how much wireless radiation their phones give off, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Mayor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the measure into law.

The city says consumers can use the information to differentiate between cell phones that emit relatively low and high levels of radiation.

Some researchers link those emissions to cancer and brain tumors, although there is no scientific consensus on the matter.

The New York Times compared San Francisco's mobile phone law to those that require food makers to reveal trans fat levels.

"It's information that's out there if you're willing to look hard enough," Tony Winnicker, a spokesman for the mayor, told the Times. "And we think that for the consumer for whom this is an area of concern, it ought to be easier to find."

The mobile phone industry opposes the new law, saying that science has shown cell phone radiation is not harmful to people.

"Rather than inform, the ordinance will potentially mislead consumers with point-of-sale requirements suggesting that some phones are 'safer' than others, based on radio frequency emissions," John Walls, a spokesman for the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA), told The Chronicle.

A landmark study on the potential health effects of cell phone radiation found no conclusive evidence that the emissions are harmful or that they are safe.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission says cell phones must not have a "specific absorption rate" of more than 1.6 watts per kilogram. That's a measure of "the amount of radio frequency energy absorbed by the body when using a mobile phone," according to the FCC.

Information about radio frequency emissions from cell phones already is available online. The San Francisco law would put that information in front of customers in stores and would require mobile phone retailers to provide additional safety-related information to consumers.

[HappyKnappy 30]

First it was the hippies, then the same sex unions, and now this.

Somewhere in the background you can hear "Lights" by Journey

Don't get that iPhone maaaan, although it has groovy colors and a sleek shape it emits more radiation than that Nokia. Geesh...

Edited June 16, 2010 by HappyKnappy

[HappyKnappy 30]

First it was the hippies, then the same sex unions, and now this.

Somewhere in the background you can hear "Lights" by Journey

Don't get that iPhone maaaan, although it has groovy colors and a sleek shape it emits more radiation than that Nokia. Geesh...

Just to cover all bases, I have nothing against hippies or the gay population. My statement was in light of how SF comes up with this kind of stuff, or better yet, how they surprise the world with all the stuff that happens within their limits.

[_Simpson_ 250]

Just to cover all bases, I have nothing against hippies or the gay population. My statement was in light of how SF comes up with this kind of stuff, or better yet, how they surprise the world with all the stuff that happens within their limits.

I do, hippies become democrats.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

20 highest radiation cell phones

[mawilson 2,133]

20 highest radiation cell phones

Basically, just about every smartphone on the market, except Apple's iPhone

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Pretty much. iPhone 4 is about 1.17 I think.

Edited June 16, 2010 by Its a MADHOUSE

[Amby 490]

Basically, just about every smartphone on the market, except Apple's iPhone

my phone isn't on the top 20 list. I will live another day!

[IndigoSkies 168]

What's laughable about knowing how much radiation your cell phone emits? I would like to know how much my phone emits so I can regulate it's usage. Everyone should be concerned about their own and their fellow men's heath. Or it this point moot on middle/religions/conveservative/republican/gun-loving America?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

non-ionizing radiation..... pfft

[mawilson 2,133]

What's laughable about knowing how much radiation your cell phone emits?

Because just about every appliance we use emits radiation, including the monitor you're looking at right now.

[Amby 490]

Because just about every appliance we use emits radiation, including the monitor you're looking at right now.

mark...you just made me laugh so much :lol:

all I hear in my mind is "call my landline, I don't want a tumor"

Edited June 16, 2010 by Amby

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

Because just about every appliance we use emits radiation, including the monitor you're looking at right now.

it should be noted that geckos do not emit radiation.