Maine to Consider Warning Labels on Cell Phones

Filed in archive Mobile on January 2, 2010

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Legislators in Maine will soon consider a bill mandating warning labels on cell phones stating that they may cause brain cancer.

"State Representative Andrea M. Boland, a Democrat from Sanford, is pushing for the state to become the first to require cell phone manufacturers to put warnings on packaging, like those on cigarettes," writes the NYT's Katie Zezima.

"Ms. Boland filed the bill in October, and a committee voted to hear it this month, a time typically reserved for emergency legislation," Zezima writes.

"San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is considering a similar measure for his city," writes Gearlog's Chloe Albanesius. "No U.S. state has implemented such a bill, though some countries require them."

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