CTIA sues San Francisco over “Right To Know” law

If you’re like me, you probably know CTIA mostly because of the cell phone trade shows the organization put on. Turns out CTIA also does phone certification, and represents phone companies in disputes. The organizations latest move, suing the city of San Francisco, looks to fall into the latter category.

The lawsuit against San Francisco has to do with the city’s “Right to Know” law regarding phone’s SAR ratings. SAR ratings are essentially rating that say how much RF radiation comes out of phones. Turns out, the FCC does SAR testing on every cell phone that comes into the US already. Those that are FCC approved are deemed as safe for use. CTIA is arguing that displaying a SAR rating at the point-of-sale on cell phones would not be fair to manufacturers. All phones are deemed safe already, and saying on “safe” phone if “safer” than another by showing a rating is unfair to those with higher SAR ratings. To make it even better, the FCC doesn’t find any significant health problems or benefits based on the SAR rating within the approved safe limits.

To further protest the law, the CTIA has decided to cancel it’s fall trade show in San Francisco.

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