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| The Berkeley City Council plans to debate cancer warnings on cell phones on 9 Sept. Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle |
The ordinance would require retailers to place stickers on cell phone boxes that warn consumers that radiation from cell phones may cause brain cancer... One woman worries about her grandchildren. "They're so screen savvy," she said. "I'd sure want to know what the health risks are. If nothing else, it gets people talking about it."
by Carolyn Jones, SF Gate, 14 July 2014
Berkeley, undaunted by abandoned efforts in San Francisco, is attempting to become the first city in the nation to require retailers to put stickers on cell phone packaging warning people that the devices may emit cancer-causing radiation.
City officials say they have learned from San Francisco's similar attempt in 2010, which ended two years later with a defeat in federal court and the Board of Supervisors ultimately withdrawing the ordinance.
"Cell phones are a risk, and I believe the public has a right to information that's credible, readable and understandable about the device they're using," said Berkeley City Councilman Max Anderson, who's co-sponsoring the ordinance and has a background in public health. "I'm not intimidated by the cell phone industry. The legal department might be, but I'm not."
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