| Title | Dim-Bulb Politician Wants Warning on Cell Phones | |
| Date | Monday January 19 2015, @06:43PM | |
| Author | janrinok | |
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| from the I-despair dept. | ||
The Stephen Harper government in Canada is pretty much legendary for their distrust of scientists and scientific thought, so it's little surprise that, despite DECADES of research that say that cell phones don't cause brain tumours, or anything else, some dim-bulb Tory wants warning labels on cell phones. Honestly I'll vote for whatever candidate promises to leave science to the scientists.
If passed, Young's new bill would force manufacturers to place warnings on cellphone packaging, telling users that radio frequencies emitted from some electronic devices could pose a health threat. Currently, electronic devices come with advice booklets inside the boxes. Young said he wants the law to require manufacturers to put the advice that is now provided in booklets on the outside of the boxes instead.
He said one of the warnings these booklets now provide is to keep cellphones 25 millimetres away from the body.*
"If there's no risk, why do they tell you that?" Young asked. "It's all based on the precautionary principle; the precautionary principle is better safe than sorry."
He said there may not be any evidence now, but he is confident that one day it will be shown that cell phones do cause cancer.
* do they really say that? My Moto G says "When using the mobile phone next to your body (other than in your hand or against your head) maintain a distance of 1.5 cm from your body to be consistent with how the mobile phone is tested."
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