Posts Tagged ‘cell phone cancer’

Maine Considers It …

It has been a subject of much debate between scientists, health advocates, and concerned consumers. While the hype seems to have died out over the last decade, it looks like this debate is getting it’s second wind thanks to Maine’s Andrea Boland who says there are more than enough studies to prove a significant cancer risk to users of cell phones.

Maine is not alone in the quest to have warnings for cell phone radiation emissions. Mayor Gavin Newson of San Francisco, CA wants to also have warnings at the point of purchase in his city.

In my opinion, if there is even a potential risk, the consumer should be warned. The wireless industry is no doubt going to lobby against this, yet I think it would be better for their public relations to encourage consumer safety by simply letting this one go as a precaution. If it does indeed prove one day that cell phones cause cancer, the big cell phone manufacturers will have the worst backlash imaginable, especially if they fought to keep the public uninformed.

In closing, I think us consumers will continue to use cell phones regardless, as long as they don’t make you stink or yellow your teeth like cigarettes.

The main story is at Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091221/ap_on_he_me/us_cell_phone_warnings