With the upcoming Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) show, you may not be aware that there is actually a brawl going on between the city of San Francisco and CTIA. The first blow came when San Francisco passed a law that requires retailers to display
SAR rating or levels or radiation levels emitted by wireless phones. This is the
first law of its kind in the in the US.
CTIA’s reaction was to cancel their plans to hold their 15,000 person tradeshow in San Francisco in 2011. CTIA then followed that up by slapping the city with a law suit.
Personally, I like that CTIA is sticking up for its members and the industry. The city is setting a new precedent for labeling with this law and after all there seems to be no solid evidence to support that the radiation emitted by wireless phones is harmful.
But let’s look at issue little closer. The FCC who regulates such things said in a news release. “The FCC has determined that all wireless phones legally sold in the United States are ‘safe.’” CTIA is arguing that San Francisco is going against the FCC’s oversight of standards that keep phones safe. Each phone manufacturer is required to inform the buyer of the SAR rating but San Francisco wants to take a further step to inform consumers by publically
posting radiation levels of all phones sold in that store.
The very interesting thing about all of this is the wide variety of opinions on the subject. A short poll of my office workers shows no consensus on this topic.
I am curious to know what our readers think. Let us know by submitting a comment.
by
Paul @ mBlox 
