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City Council Members Warns Against Cell Phones
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Jen Chung
Published Aug 22, 2005
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz is saying that some of your cell phones may be
dangerous due to radio waves and possible radiation. Dunh dunh dunh, even though there isn't any conclusive cell phone-cancer link. Moskowitz says a list of the cell phones and how many radio waves will hit your body if you use them sans headphones, and the two worst offenders are Motorola models V.120E and V.60x. Moskowitz said, "I didn't want to be alarmist. I just wanted consumers to be educated and to make their own decisions about the possible health risks." Let's face it - just like Gothamist, she must believe that Special Agent Dana Scully got cancer from her cellphone.
Here's the City Council website, but we know people are more interested whether or not there's even cell phone reception - hence the city's Cell Phone survey!
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