US politico calls for cancer warning on cell phones

Austin Modine
The Register
Tuesday, Dec 22nd, 2009

There’s no consensus among scientists whether mobile phones actually slow-cook human brains, but one US legislator is hoping her state will be the first frightened enough to assume they do.

Maine state legislator Andrea Boland plans to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would require mobile handsets in the state to carry warnings saying they might cause brain cancer.

Boland told the AP that (conclusive proof of hazards be damned) the state’s roughly 950,000 cell phone users “do not know what the risks are” while they unconcernedly hoist the devices to their noggins.

Under her bill, mobile phone makers must place labels on handsets and packaging cautioning users of potential threats of brain cancer associated with electromagnetic radiation. It calls for a permanent advisory label with the word “warning” written in large, bold letters — plus a color graphic of a child’s brain next to the warning, according to the AP. [Yes, a child's brain specifically]

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