Advocates of Cell Phone Safety Call On the FDA and FCC to Update both Rules and Radiation Standards
As the concerns are rising over cell phone radiation and the possible health risks of them the advocates of the cell phone safety are off urging the federal regulators to do more when it comes to protecting the users of cell phones and other wireless devices.
In a American Association for Cell Phone Safety letter to the FCC chairman it was wrote that even though the fame of cell phones has soared tremendously the federal communications and health are using standards that are very outdated when it comes to the evaluations of cell phones and their safety.
What the group asked of the FCC was for it to review their role when it comes to ensuring that the radiation that’s emitted from mobile phones are emitted at safe levels. Additionally they made the request that the FCC studies how they are informing the public about the impacts of cell phone radiation when it comes to human body tissue.
Of all of the hundreds of studies that have been done on cell phones and their safety there are no conclusive results from any of them. There was a multinational study which is called Interphone which was published back in May and stated that the heaviest of cell phone users could potentially be at the greatest risk for brain tumors. It also stated that there was more research that needs to be done. I’m not sure if such inconclusive results really merit the scare tactics that some groups want imposed.
This letter comes just weeks after the city of San Francisco became the very first United States jurisdiction to pass a cell phone ordinance on the amounts of radiation that cell phone unit on stores shelves emit. Representative Kucinich is planning on introducing legislation which would promote federal research when it comes to cell phones and safety and explore the possibilities of putting warning levels on cell phones on their radiation levels.
While I agree that the standards might be outdated I don’t see any cause for alarm of people until there is more conclusive evidence one way or the other. For now, wait and see.
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