WHAT’S HAPPENING: A wireless industry group has sued the city of San Francisco to stop it from enforcing a law that requires cell phone stores to post how much radio energy each model emits.
INDUSTRY SIDE: CTIA _ The Wireless Association says it’s the federal government, not the city, that regulates cell phones. Besides, no one should be suggesting that lower radiation means it’s a safer phone, the group says. There’s no hard evidence that phone radiation is dangerous.
CITY SIDE: The first-in-the-nation law is “a modest measure” intended to inform consumers who are concerned or interested about radiation levels, the mayor’s office has said.
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