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California Health Officials Release Guidelines To Avoid Cellphone Radiation
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com ^ | 12/15/2017 | Susie Steimle

Posted on 12/15/2017 9:29:14 AM PST by Red Badger

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — California health officials have a new message for cellphone users.

For the first time ever, the California Department of Public Health is releasing guidelines about harmful cellphone radiation and how you can avoid it.

Dr. Karen Smith with the California Department Of Public Health said, “We recognize that there are a lot of people in the general public that have some concerns about their cellphones and whether using a cellphone is safe.”

Smith said, “When you sleep, you keep the cellphone at least arm’s length away from your body. And also, not carrying your cellphone in your pocket, having it either in your purse or not carrying it with you.”

Read Also: Cellphone Radiation Exposure Fact Sheet Draft Released By California

The research suggests cellphones could increase our risk for brain cancer and tumors, low sperm count, headaches, as well as impaired memory, hearing, and sleep.

Dr. Joel Moskowitz at UC Berkeley said, “Currently we’re not doing a good job in regulating radiation from these devices. In fact, we’re doing an abysmal job.”

Moskowitz says this is a long-time coming.

He’s partially responsible for bringing this information to light. He sued the Department of Public Health for refusing to release information about the dangers of cellphone radiation back in 2009.

This spring he won that case.

“People are being injured and harmed by the delay in having this information accessible to them,” Moskowitz said.

So does the release mean that the state believes cellphones are dangerous?

“Not at all,” said Dr. Karen Smith. “Our position is that the science is evolving.”

The state said one of the main reasons they’ve decided to release these guidelines now, is that there are new numbers out showing that cellphone use is higher than ever, with 95 percent of Americans using them on a regular basis.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: cellphone; cellphoneradiation; health; radiation; smartphone; smartphoneradiation
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1 posted on 12/15/2017 9:29:15 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Cell phones are atomic bombs!

Throw them in the river!

Wait.

That’ll just give us Godzilla.

Throw them in my neighbor Steve’s yard!

Keep your filthy leaves outta my yard, Steve!


2 posted on 12/15/2017 9:36:49 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Red Badger

I personally think having my skull irradiated as I talk on the phone us why I haven’t developed brain cancer...


3 posted on 12/15/2017 9:38:09 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Red Badger

Translation: carrying a cell phone will soon be illegal in California.


4 posted on 12/15/2017 9:38:12 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Vendome

What’s a few brain cells here and there?

And heck, most of that DNA stuff is junk anyways, right?...............


5 posted on 12/15/2017 9:40:41 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

How about: Hang the damn things up once in awhile and use them as a servant, not a master?

Mine stays in the car most of the time unless I know I am going to a place where I could be waiting awhile or one of the select few people with whom I share the number might need to reach me.

6 posted on 12/15/2017 9:42:01 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Red Badger

Actually, businesses everywhere could require employees’ cell phones be collected while working, to protect their health. Family calls the company if there’s an emergency (old school, worked fine).

Millennial workers might then become productive!


7 posted on 12/15/2017 9:43:15 AM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: PIF

I was thinking that they are paving the way for lawsuits.


8 posted on 12/15/2017 9:43:24 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: nobody in particular
hmm...lessee here...

radiation from cell phones...millions of cell phones...California...

..a cellphone radiation tax is in the future...

9 posted on 12/15/2017 9:45:43 AM PST by SGCOS
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The research suggests cellphones could increase our risk for... low sperm count, headaches, as well as impaired memory, hearing, and sleep.

Jeeez doc, you just described the symptoms of marriage...

10 posted on 12/15/2017 9:46:28 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: rjsimmon

May it’s your cellphone and not your cell mate...................


11 posted on 12/15/2017 9:48:28 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.


12 posted on 12/15/2017 9:49:17 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Red Badger

After my brain stem is reattached I’ll let you know


13 posted on 12/15/2017 9:50:37 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: SGCOS

..a cellphone radiation tax is in the future...


Ding, ding, ding! Nailed it.


14 posted on 12/15/2017 9:52:31 AM PST by Flick Lives (The FBI is a corrupt partisan organization.)
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To: Red Badger

Wrap your head in aluminum foil. Problem solved.


15 posted on 12/15/2017 9:52:33 AM PST by Dr. Wu
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To: Red Badger
I've got a better idea: if you are this psychosomatic and paranoid, DON'T BUY A CELLPHONE! In fact, DON'T BUY ANYTHING ELECTRONIC!

As an RF engineer who works my butt off to make sure my company's products meet RF exposure standards agreed on by our industry, this crap burns me up.

16 posted on 12/15/2017 9:52:42 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (The GOP-Democrat-Media Uniparty must be destroyed.)
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To: polymuser
Actually, businesses everywhere could require employees’ cell phones be collected while working, to protect their health.

Any company does this to me, I QUIT. My "cell phone" is a mini-computer: email, scheduling, instant engineering reference. If they want me to do without it, well, other companies will hire me.

17 posted on 12/15/2017 9:54:23 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (The GOP-Democrat-Media Uniparty must be destroyed.)
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To: backwoods-engineer

I’m sitting in front of a screen room right now.

Perhaps I should move my desk inside?....................


18 posted on 12/15/2017 9:54:35 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: PIF

Nah, just carry it in your purse like ll the hip guys in San Francisco.


19 posted on 12/15/2017 9:59:09 AM PST by Wayne07
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To: PIF

“carrying a cell phone in California will soon be illegal”

No, they will just charge a cell phone raiation tax on your monthly bill.


20 posted on 12/15/2017 10:02:00 AM PST by Angels27
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