Federal Bill Wants Warning Labels For Cell Phone Radiation

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]DSpider[/nom]I dare you to use an older model, from only a few years ago. Something without a colour screen. You'll immediately feel the effect. It feels like heat but more deeper, beyond the ear level. After 15 minutes or so of talk, your ear drum starts itching as hell and starts to twitch and crackle. My high school desk partner used to tell me that his left leg hurt because he was carrying the fricken thing in his left pocket. And only when he took it with him; if he left his mobile phone at home this never happened. He wasn't pulling my leg either, because I used to see him limp during breaks for last 3 years of high school (but not at home). He wasn't faking it.[/citation]
I have been using cell phones for about 15 years now, many different makes and models and NEVER felt anything like that and have never seen anyone complain about things like that.

 

[quangluu96]

Non-ionizing radiation does not cause cancer, but too much of any radiation still cause cancer that includes every radiation even visible light...Cell phones might not do that much damage, but if you live near those cell phone tower, then hm...

 

[rantoc]

No one seem to be able to prove its dangerous and no one can seem to prove its safe, yet nearly anyone uses it. The tobacco cancer "lab battles" between the neutral scientists and those scientists/pr who got paid by the corporations to prove/give the impression that smoking was safe continued for decades and we all know where that ended. Will be interesting to see where this leads to in the end!

 

[pocketdrummer]

I would rather have the actual NUMBERS indicating the amount of radiation instead of a stupid label that informs me of what I've already known since I started using cell phones.

 

[pocketdrummer]

[citation][nom]JasonAkkerman[/nom]I really wish they would stop calling it radiation. Yes I know what it is, but if you just called it radio waves people wouldn't get so freaked out about it.It's non-ionizing, it doesn't cause cancer... period.[/citation]

....hmm, maybe that part should be on the label.

 

[kyuuketsuki]

Ah, the stigma of the word "radiation". Yes, let's throw that word around some more to scare people. "Warning: the light your eyes are using to read this message is RADIATION. Reading warning labels can therefore cause eye cancer!"

 

[demonhorde665]

this is just dumb , CRT TV's put out 100's times more radiation than a freaking cell phone does , and people have used them for 60+ years and no one ever stuck a radiation warning label on them. I'm sure what ever ammount of radiation that is leaked from a cell phone is so miniscule that every day background radiation is probably more harmful.

 

[demonhorde665]

[citation][nom]JasonAkkerman[/nom]I really wish they would stop calling it radiation. Yes I know what it is, but if you just called it radio waves people wouldn't get so freaked out about it.It's non-ionizing, it doesn't cause cancer... period.[/citation]

actualy to be totally techncal , since my father was an electrical engineer who often worked on nuclear based physics (he passed away in 2002). radio waves can become harmful to humans in a radioactive way , at extremely high high frequencies , but we are talking in a range far above and beyound what any cpu or chip will ever be able to exceed.

thing is is all radiation affects cells of what ever the pass through difference is is that different types of waves have greater affect at lower frequencies. radio waves , take astronically fast frequencies to be harmful to organic substances (ie humans) this is because radiowaves are reflected by the simpliest materials at lower frequencies. Xrays strongest aftertradio , can be blocked by lead get enough of them hitting you though and you can cook. Micro waves the next strongest on the scale are only reflected by metals also , therefore they can screw up organics because they pass through organics at really low frequencies. then you got the god aweful gama rays , they tend to pass through every thing metals included even in feet thick widths. fact is radio waves can be harmful , if projected at a person in high enough frequencies. whats dumb about this is NO man made device can project radio waves at taht high of a frequency and it's likely no man made device every will.

 

[crateria]

I love how once again another idiot politician (usually on the left, sometimes on the right) wants another regulation as though IT'S COMPLETELY FREE.

If this passes everyone can blame this idiot and everyone who voted for the bill for the cost of their cellphone going up a good amount. And if not paid for by the industry (ie consumer) then everyone can thank the people pushing this bill for a higher debt.

This is all besides the fact that there's already been studies done and the warning label is NOT NEEDED.

 

[GreaseMonkey_62]

I will peel the label off my phone and mail it to Kucinich.

 

[casperstouch]

This is absurd, especially when the mobile devices today put out at max 1W of power in the form of Radio Frequencies. Bag phones 2W of power. Where the Tower can put out 20W - 160W of power. Putting a label on the phone or having you shut them off on a plane is just absurd when the Tower is radiating in all directions with more power. And it is Radio Frequencies, not Microwave Frequencies.