Wireless Radiation Standards Essential to Prevent Cancer, Other Harm

Radiation standards for wireless devices including phones and tablet computers are essential and long overdue to prevent further damage to children and fetuses, cancer doctors and activists said Dec. 9 in urging that the Federal Communications Commission implement policies adopted in other countries to reduce exposures.

In a Commonwealth Club of California event, specialists in breast cancer, neurology, pathology and radiation said information on specific absorption rates (SARs) from the two-way microwave radio carried by 6.8 billion people worldwide must be readily provided and explained to consumers with warnings about the impacts of radiation on developing bodies.