[SatinDoll]

No where in this article did I see any statement concerning what exactly the radiation exposure doses were from these devices.

Folks probably get more of a dose by day hiking in the Sierra Nevadas or going to the beach on a weekend.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Sunshine, X rays, and radio waves can’t all be lumped into one category. Researchers allege that transmissions at cell phone frequencies can produce harmful effects to nearby body parts. (Which might explain why cell phone users look so stupid cradling their devices and yakking away to distant unseen entities whilst in the middle of crowds....)

[dforest]

Who cares? Why should people have to pay for something they never wanted? And of course, why should they pay for something forced on them?

[TXnMA]

You are confusing two or three different forms of radiation there":

• Beach: sunlight -- solar radiation -- utraviolet light (non-ionizing, but skin-damaging)

• Mountains: same as beach plus increased cosmic radiation (ionizing -- same as nuclear radiation, still low level)

• Meter: Radio frequency -- low energy -- non-penetrating -- if you live in an urban area, you are already constantly bombarded with so much, the tiny bit from the meter is a hardly measurable increase. Harmless -- or you would aready be affected by other, stronger sources.)

The ionizing radiation is the most damaging, but if you ever sunbathed, you did more damage to yourself in one session than that meter could do in a lifetime.