http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
Then how will you watch your food as it cooks?????????]]>Dec 20th 2009 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
Your comment reminded me, I lost the game.]]>Dec 20th 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
Well, RF radiation is not effective enough to cause cancer if you hold your phone for less than an avg 5-10 minutes at a time.

Long-term exposure to radiowaves (and I mean, if you tie your phone to your head like those cheap-ass people who don't choose to buy a BT headset) would mean death by cancer later on in your lives, more likely than the average user. The frequency of radiowaves does not provide enough energy to mutate DNA in the short-term.

Long-term exposure, as in you make 15-30 minute calls frequently/concurrently with your cell phone, can also be dangerous like the scenario above. But not as dangerous. More dangerous than infrequent call-making.

Rational, informed people with common sense are smart people. Not the uninformed who jump to idiotic conclusions, and certainly not the ignorant, who blatant disregard all warnings for their own happiness. ]]>Dec 20th 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
I always stay on the phone for 20 minutes just to make sure that the girl really didn't pick and isn't putting me through some sort of test ;-)]]>Dec 20th 2009 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 21st 2009 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
Moron - I know that BT uses the same RF waves. No need to downrank my comment. I'm just saying, who would keep their phone (which is bigger, and 99.9% of the time will emit more waves than BT headsets) tied next to their ear.

Simple wave physics. Stay in school, fool.]]>Dec 21st 2009 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 24th 2009 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/BT uses the same kind of radiation but the transmitted power is a fraction of the one transited by your cell phone. The cellphone has to propagate its signal for a very long distance compared to the BT that has to only transmit for a few feet. Not to mention walls or similar.]]>Dec 24th 2009 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/I hope you dont just stand there and watch your food cooks?? wait ... microwave is suppose to use to cook foods???

]]>Dec 25th 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
Perhaps she should take some aluminum foil and make her a sexy hat.]]>Dec 20th 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/

*Yes it is hard to OD on Vit C from dietary sources. It is water soluble & generally expelled in urine, but large doses of any vitamin can cause issues.]]>Dec 20th 2009 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
People that take one of these every morning thinking they are watching out for their health not only have extremely expensive urine but can be harming themselves. This is especially the case with fat soluble vitamins.

Nearly all Americans used to smoke tobacco as well, ignorant of the true health risks. Consumer education via removable orange stickers is fine, but consumers should still have the right to do what they want. =)]]>Dec 20th 2009 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 21st 2009 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
By your train of thought, you should just kill yourself to avoid you experiencing cancer altogether. It's not that fun, from what I hear. ]]>Dec 21st 2009 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
Similarly, I wonder if antennas built in near the earpiece of most phones is better or worse than an external antenna that sticks up just above your ear. The built-in antenna might be safer because it's right against your ear and further from your brian, but it might be stronger to compensate for being built into the phone.

And I'm sure someone will start talking about wedging a bluetooth earpiece right into your ear, despite the fact that bluetooth is much lower-power than a phone transmitter...]]>Dec 20th 2009 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
I also wonder if hands-free and speaker-phone technology is just trading thumb cancer for ear cancer. Then I remember that I don't care, because I don't want to live in a world without wireless communications, and I don't mind dying early for my beloved gadgets. Also, I keep my phone next to my sac, via my pockets, and I don't smoke.
]]>Dec 20th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
It's not like you can make actual calls with the iPhone anyway.]]>Dec 21st 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
Actually "i could care less" is the correct expression. Doesn't make much sense but he is correct.]]>Dec 21st 2009 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 21st 2009 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
The phrase "I could care less" and "I couldn't care less" mean the same thing (I don't care at all) in America. I agree that it should just be "I couldn't care less" but I was just pointing out that the OP was not wrong in using the former expression for saying he doesn't give a damn.]]>Dec 22nd 2009 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
NO, YOU ARE WRONG. Before trying to spam correct grammar on a blog site, do some research. The phrase, as "incorrect" as it might sound, is "I could care less".]]>Dec 22nd 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
They don't mean the same thing, the correct word is "couldn't"

Just because the dumb general masses started getting it wrong, doesn't mean that it's automatically correct now.]]>Dec 24th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/You all need to get laid.]]>Dec 29th 2009 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
We get more deadly radiation from that glowing ball in the sky than from a cell phone.]]>Dec 20th 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
The Norway spiral?]]>Dec 20th 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
As a resident of Maine, and good friends with a number of other Legislators, I can assure you this will get nowhere. There has been a recent flood of elected officials in the State House that are under 30; ie--they understand that a cellphone is something you don't actually talk on/hold to your head.

I DO, however, think it's about time the FCC makes cell phone manufacturers release the radiation levels they're forced to test in the first place...knowledge isn't harmful....unless it's harmful. ]]>Dec 20th 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/They do, Kind of...

Closest link i could find. CITA (Cellular Telephone Industries Association) is the one that publishes the yearly report. (Last updated Nov. 2009)

http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phone-radiation-levels/
]]>Dec 20th 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Um...

MOT: http://rfhealth-sar.motorola.com/SAR/english/sarEnglish-results.jsp?standard=IEEE-1&prodid=Motorola+Droid
NOK: http://sar.nokia.com/sar/index.jsp
APPLE: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iphone_product_info_guide.pdf
RIM: docs.blackberry.com/en/smartphone_users/deliverables/4641/english_9530_SIB.pdf (and per device)
SAMSUNG: www.samsungmobile.com/sar/sar_main.jsp
...

It takes 5 seconds of google'ing. There is no conspiracy to keep this information hidden from the public. ]]>Dec 21st 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Home of great laws such as the one prohibiting you from looking at children:

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080406/NEWS/804060343/-1/NEWS01]]>Dec 21st 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/
Very good. I bow to your wit. ohh.. look a penny.]]>Dec 21st 2009 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/:P]]>Dec 20th 2009 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 21st 2009 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/20/maine-mulling-cancer-warning-labels-on-cellphones-manufacturers/Dec 20th 2009 9:14PM