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Berkeley preps new cellphone radiation safety law
Judging by this Berkeley gate, it’s clear that there will be at least some support in the city for proposed required warnings, under consideration by the city council, about safe cellphone use. Photo:...
View ArticleOp-ed: Residents want, deserve cellphone ‘right to know’
We all deserve the right to know at the point of sale the FCC required “safe distance” information currently hidden deep within the cellphone or in an online manual few read. We are entitled to make...
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Berkeley passes cellphone ‘right to know’ law
Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig and Devra Davis from the Environmental Health Trust at Berkeley City Council. Photo: Lance Knobel Berkeley City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed the first...
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Wireless carriers sue Berkeley over phone radiation law
A front gate in Berkeley decorated with old cellphones. Photo: Fragmentary Evidence A wireless trade association filed suit against Berkeley on Monday, claiming that the city’s new law requiring...
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Hearing on Berkeley cellphone law leans in city’s favor
Lawrence Lessig (left) chats with Theodore Olson (right) before the two lawyers battled with each other in Federal District Court in San Francisco on Thursday August 20, 2015. Photo: Lance Knobel In a...
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Court rules for Berkeley in cellphone right to know case
Lawrence Lessig (left) chats with Theodore Olson (right) before the two lawyers battled with each other in Federal District Court in August. Photo: Lance Knobel The City of Berkeley’s cellphone right...
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Federal judge upholds Berkeley cellphone warning
Berkeley will soon require cellphone retailers to warn customers about potential radiation dangers. File photo Berkeley will soon start to require cellphone retailers to warn customers about potential...
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Berkeley preps new cellphone radiation safety law
The city of Berkeley is investigating whether to require retailers to hand out radiation-related safety sheets to customers who buy cellphones in town. Last week, a Berkeley City Council majority —...
View ArticleOp-ed: Residents want, deserve cellphone ‘right to know’
We all deserve the right to know at the point of sale the FCC required “safe distance” information currently hidden deep within the cellphone or in an online manual few read. We are entitled to make...
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Berkeley passes cellphone ‘right to know’ law
Berkeley City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed the first reading of a “Right to Know” ordinance to require cellphone retailers in Berkeley to provide consumers with information that warns them to...
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Wireless carriers sue Berkeley over phone radiation law
A wireless trade association filed suit against Berkeley on Monday, claiming that the city’s new law requiring notification of possible radiation from cellphones is a violation of the First Amendment....
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Hearing on Berkeley cellphone law leans in city’s favor
In a fascinating 90 minutes of arguments in the U.S. District Court Thursday, two of the country’s most eminent lawyers tussled over whether Berkeley’s cellphone Right to Know ordinance violated phone...
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Court rules for Berkeley in cellphone right to know case
The City of Berkeley’s cellphone right to know ordinance, passed in May, largely survived a legal challenge in federal court by the mobile phone industry. The law requires mobile phone retailers to...
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Federal judge upholds Berkeley cellphone warning
Berkeley will soon start to require cellphone retailers to warn customers about potential radiation dangers, following a federal judge’s rejection of an industry supported campaign to put a stay on the...
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Berkeley cellphone law stands after U.S. Supreme Court declines to take up...
The 2015 law requires cellphone retailers to distribute warnings about radiation exposure.
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