Berkeley orders mobile phone vendors to warn buyers of radiation risk; industry front group still hiding cancer link from public
by: Jonathan Benson
NaturalNews.com
Friday, June 26, 2015
The progressive California town of Berkeley has passed a new resolution mandating that the safety information typically buried deep within the fine print of mobile phone user manuals instead be emblazoned as a prominent safety warning that consumers will actually notice and acknowledge.
The Guardian reports that Berkeley lawmakers crafted the resolution to address what they see as “an important right-to-know issue,” contending that key safety information warning users about cancer and other health risks associated with mobile phone use is typically too obscure for the average person to understand.
As it currently stands, most wireless-capable devices like smartphones already carry Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated safety warnings about how far a mobile device should be kept away from the body to avoid injury. The official recommendation is that most devices remain at a distance of 5 to 25 millimeters away from the skin to limit radiation exposure.
Most users don’t know about these warnings because they’re often hidden in the fine print of circumlocutory instruction manuals that are obnoxiously abstruse. The goal is to make accessing this already-provided safety information simpler so that consumers can make safe, smart choices about how they use their mobile phones.
“To assure safety, the Federal Government requires that cell phones meet radio frequency (RF) exposure guidelines,” reads the mandated safety information warning. “If you carry or use your phone in a pants or shirt pocket or tucked into a bra when the phone is ON and connected to a wireless network, you may exceed the federal guidelines for exposure to RF radiation.”
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