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New York Times: Do Phones Cause Cancer?
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 2 months ago
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47 pm Last week’s Senate hearing on “The Health Effects of Cell Phone Use” reached no conclusion on whether cellphone use causes brain tumors, but it certainly rekindled the controversy. Experts on the panel explained that the evidence is contradictory...
Tags: cell phones, phones radiation, brain tumors, phones using, Pittsburgh
Yakking and driving really don't mix
Columbia :: SC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Can't they all just turn off their ringers while out driving?...The Insurance Information Institute says electronic communications devices cause 1,000 auto fatalities annually. Drivers must balance the convenience of cell phones with their real dangers.
Tags: cell phones, Columbia
Cell phone warnings by the earful
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility They were ubiquitous and used several times a day, and early warnings of cancer risks did little to curb their prevalence. The story of cigarettes in the middle of the 20th century could be replicated now with cell phones, lawmakers and researchers warned...
Tags: cell phones, Senate Health Education, brain tumors, Washington D.C, senator hearing, U.S, Washington
Samsung Impression tops low-radiation cellphone list
Toronto :: Canada | 2 months ago
Credibility V8 on CellularONE’s network, T-Mobile’s Samsung SGH-t229, and the Samsung Rugby and Propel Pro, which are both on AT&T. Their radiation readings ranged from 0.14 to 0.47 W/kg. (That unit, watts per kilogram, measures the amount of radio frequency energy...
Tags: Motorola Moto, cell phones, Environmental Working Group
When did Americans get So Talkative?
Over the course of the past few years, I have noticed a few changes in this country as a society. One of growing trends is CELL PHONE USE. In the year 1999, before all of the Y2K hoopla and panic, I was working as a food server at a local restaurant....
Tags: cell phones
NBC 16 South Bend (WNDU): New cell phone ban hopes to make school zones safer
Lisbon Falls :: ME :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Texting and talking on cell phones are known distractions for drivers, so much so that new laws are being passed all across the country and here at home. In July, it became illegal for Indiana drivers under the age of 18 to text or use a cell phone while...
Tags: cell phones, school zones
O'Malley, Mikulski back phone-jamming act
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Two top Maryland officials said Thursday they support a proposed federal act that would allow the jamming of cell phone signals at U.S. prisons...Mikulski, D-Md., and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said in a release they hope the U.S.
Tags: cell phones, Maryland, phones detection, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, detection technology, Martin O\'Malley
Mexico's Calderón still popular, despite brutal year
Mexico City :: Mexico | 2 months ago
Credibility Mexico's President Felipe Calderón said it himself: it's been a tough year. Historic levels of violence, the swine flu, dwindling oil production, an economic recession that is Mexico's worst in decades, and a devastating drought are but a few challenges...
Tags: Mexico, U.S. Congress, president felipe, cell phones, Felipe Calderón
Onalaska Community Life, Wisconsin: Income tax takes 3.3 percent of income
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Income tax takes 3.3 percent of income . A new report says that Wisconsin income tax accounted for 3.3 percent of personal income in 2007. The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance report said that’s 10th highest nationally among state income taxes.
Tags: Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, income tax, health care, cell phones
Tech Test Drive: LG Versa cell phone
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility The LG Versa is an attractive touch-screen handset with an animated user interface, plus it has options for additional modules. Flash Lite support, EV-DO, GPS, a 2.0-megapixel camera, and a music player...The bad: The LG Versa suffers from a poor Web-browsing...
Tags: LG Versa, test drive, cell phones, tech test, messages phones
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