San Francisco looking to pass a bill calling for warnings on cell phones

Much research has been conducted in order to find out whether or not cell phones pose a serious risk to a person’s health. While no reports have concluded with a definitive answers, many believe cell phones do cause some sort of health problem, whether it be cancer or brain damage. In any event, San Francisco officials, especially Mayor Gavin Newsom, are trying to lobby a bill that would require all manufacturers to display how much electromagnetic radiation the mobile device emits as well as the possibility of brain cancer from cell phone usage. The ordinance would require only the stores to display such information, but a similar proposed Maine bill is looking to require pertinent information to be displayed on the actual phone itself.

Some see the idea of San Francisco attempting to pass such a bill as necessary and a positive step for the government. However, there are many skeptics who believe the government is inserting their influence in places that do not need it. CTIA, a trade group ran by several major cell phone industries, is against the San Francisco bill on the basis that concrete scientific evidence needs to surface first, before any government action should be taken. Unfortunately for cell phone manufacturers in San Francisco, if such a bill does pass, there is a strong possibility that cell phone sales would decrease significantly because of parents worrying about their children using cell phones too much.

It will be interesting to see if any other cities or states try to pass similar bills in the future.

Via [LATimes]