Conservative MP says Wireless Industry is misleading Canadians about Cell Phone Safety
newswire.ca, 2 February 2015
OTTAWA, Feb. 2, 2015 /CNW/ - Conservative MP Terence Young says the Canadian wireless industry is misleading Canadians about the potential health effects of their cell phones and WiFi routers.
Young, the MP from Oakville, ON, has introduced a Private Member's Bill in Parliament that will require safety warnings on all wireless products sold in Canada, because the World Health Organization has declared that they might cause Cancer.
"Warnings for safe use are already buried in the fine print of every device manual," said Young. "But a spokesman, for both Bell and Telus, has publicly responded to my Bill by saying there is 'no health risk'. That is wrong and they know it's wrong. They're behaving like the Tobacco industry did before scientists agreed that cigarettes cause lung cancer."
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newswire.ca, 2 February 2015
OTTAWA, Feb. 2, 2015 /CNW/ - Conservative MP Terence Young says the Canadian wireless industry is misleading Canadians about the potential health effects of their cell phones and WiFi routers.
Young, the MP from Oakville, ON, has introduced a Private Member's Bill in Parliament that will require safety warnings on all wireless products sold in Canada, because the World Health Organization has declared that they might cause Cancer.
"Warnings for safe use are already buried in the fine print of every device manual," said Young. "But a spokesman, for both Bell and Telus, has publicly responded to my Bill by saying there is 'no health risk'. That is wrong and they know it's wrong. They're behaving like the Tobacco industry did before scientists agreed that cigarettes cause lung cancer."
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