Can the radiation from your cellphone give you cancer? So far,
there’s no hard evidence that it can. But the city of San
Francisco may require retailers to warn you about it anyway. In
January, San Francisco’s environment commission will discuss
eight recommendations related to radiation emitted by cellphones
and local, state and federal policies regarding it. Mayor Gavin
Newsom is expected to propose an ordinance next month requiring
retailers to post information about cellphone radiation on store
shelves. Maine may join San Francisco in the effort. A state
legislator there introduced a bill requiring that phones come
with a warning label advising people that the device could cause
cancer from electromagnetic radiation it emits. Health concerns
about cellphone radiation have been around for decades with
little scientific consensus that cellphone use creates health
problems. The Federal Communications Commission regulates the
cellphone industry and says that devices sold in the United
States are safe. That ha