A legislator in the US state of Maine has now called for mobile phone manufacturers to carry a warning similar to cigarettes, noting the likely effects of overuse including brain cancer.
Andrea Boland noted several studies which linked cancer to mobile phone use, and has said a proposal will be put forward in early 2010.
Under the new bill, manufacturers would be forced to put labels on phones and packaging, warning of the potential risks of radiation. These warnings would recommend certain users, such as children and pregnant women, keep the devices away from certain parts of the body including the head.
The Federal Communications Commission has already set a certain “Absorption” rate of radiation, and says all phones in the US are safe.
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