Bill that would require cancer warning labels on cell phones gets rejected in Maine
The state of Maine has been the battleground for a new bill that proposes to require cancer warning labels on cell phones – the event has actually been playing out as far as December of last year when it first made headlines. Even though there are researchers out there still trying to prove the relationship between cell phone usage and developing cancer, Maine's House of Representatives rejected a watered down version of the bill. Initially, the hope was to get those warning labels about how electromagnetic radiation from devices can cause brain cancer (especially in children). In the end, the bill ultimately was reduced down to direct state health officials to provide links on web sites to current federal advisories for cell phones – the bill was mainly scaled back from the the original partly because the industry and Gov. John Baldacci were opposed to it. Despite the loss in the House of Representatives, the bill's outlook in the Senate is looking pretty pale right now; especially after the recent rejection.
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