San Francisco Abandons Mobile Phone Radiation Labels 132
judgecorp writes "The city of San Francisco has abandoned a law proposed in 2010 which would have required mobile phones to be labelled with their radiation level. Mobile phone industry body the CTIA fought the bill in court, arguing that there is not enough evidence of harm. The city is not convinced phones are safe — it says its decision to abandon the law is simply based on the legal costs."
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Re:can't get past the hype and bad studies (Score:5, Funny)
Don't forget about Wi-Fi.
We are beyond the point where studies make sense.
I propose a study to figure out how to keep assholes from spreading disinformation about RF radiation.
Re:can't get past the hype and bad studies (Score:5, Funny)
There's been some hard (but inconclusive) science to possibly confirm this, too. An experiment was performed where a control subject stayed in the house, and a test subject went outside without a hat, in the daytime. The test subject reported a warm feeling, somehow coming down from above. Each subject's body temperature was measured with a thermometer, but they were the same. I don't know what it all means, but I think there ought to be a label on "outside" until we understand this radiation phenomenon better.
Re:can't get past the hype and bad studies (Score:5, Funny)
Another test was done where the subject went out for a "brisk walk". This caused adverse physiological reactions including increased heart rate, increased breathing rate and sweating, especially on an uphill part of the trajectory. We recommend immediate banning of hills in places where people are likely to walk.
In other tests it was also found that holding a piece of plastic to your ear for a period of time caused a localized warming effect.