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San Francisco Passes Cellphone Radiation Law
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:40:30 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com> Date: June 15, 2010 11:58:59 PM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: For IP: San Francisco Passes Cellphone Radiation Law Reply-To: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/us/16cell.html?partner=rss&emc=rss SAN FRANCISCO --- Imposing roughly the same cautionary standards for cellphones as for fatty food or sugary soda, this city --- never shy about its opinions --- voted on Tuesday to require all retailers to display the amount of radiation each phone emits... [snip] ... Under the law, retailers will be required to post materials --- in at least 11-point type --- next to phones, listing their specific absorption rate, which is the amount of radio waves absorbed into the cellphone user's body tissue. These so-called SAR rates can vary from phone to phone, but all phones sold in the United States must have a SAR rate no greater than 1.6 watts per kilogram, according to the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates the $190 billion wireless industry. [snip] Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole () cisco com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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