{"id":3729,"date":"2011-07-21T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T09:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:03","slug":"old-cell-phone-radiation-law-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/old-cell-phone-radiation-law-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Cell Phone Radiation Law Passes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/radiation.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1513\" title=\"radiation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/radiation.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1513 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\/07\/radiation.gif\"><\/a>A law requiring stores that sell used cell phones to give consumers advice on how to reduce their level of exposure to the phone\u2019s radiation has been passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.&nbsp; Industry groups have denounced the move, but Supervisor John Avalos was unimpressed by their ire, stating that the law could \u201csave lives\u201d.<br>\nThis is the second time that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have attempted to pass such a law; the first, which was attempted last year, would have forced stores to give out information about each and every specific cell phone they sold, fell apart after the wireless telecommunications association, CTIA, filed a lawsuit.<br>\n\u201cThere\u2019s no black or white here,\u201d says nonprofit environmental advocacy group Environmental Working Group\u2019s director for the state of California, Renee Sharp.&nbsp; \u201cIf you use a headset, it\u2019s definitely better, but maybe it\u2019s not better if you\u2019re putting your phone in your pocket.&nbsp; If it\u2019s not your head, it\u2019s your reproductive organs.\u201d<br>\nMelanie Nutter, who works as director of San Francisco\u2019s Department of the Environment, which will be ensuring that stores follow the new law, says it is a move more than worth the inconvenience the industry might feel as a result.&nbsp; \u201cIt really is a minimal impact on the retailers with a huge public benefit of providing the \u201cright to know\u201d information,\u201d she notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A law requiring stores that sell used cell phones to give consumers advice on how to reduce their level of exposure to the phone\u2019s radiation has been passed by the San 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