{"id":3585,"date":"2011-05-09T12:39:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T12:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=980"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:13","slug":"old-cell-phone-bill-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phone-bill-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Cell Phone Bill on Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/radiation1.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-981\" title=\"radiation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/radiation1.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-981 lazyload\" title=\"radiation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/radiation1.gif\"><\/a>The San Francisco bill to force cell phone companies to put radiation disclosure levels on new cell phones \u2013 given that it\u2019s a little late to put them on old cell phones \u2013 has been put on indefinite hold, with a \u201cwatered down\u201d version now more likely to end up being passed.&nbsp; Before the conspiracy theorists begin shouting about the cell phone industry clamping down on the facts, however, it should be noted that, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, the issue might have less to do with the cell phone industry putting a stop to the bill than fears over its accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201dIt\u2019s also questions about the accuracy of the radiation levels,\u201d the San Francisco Chronicle article claims, \u201cwhich some say could actually lead shoppers to buy phones that emit more radiation than others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last July, the San 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