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• 'The Children's Wireless Protection Act' Calls for Cell Phone Warning Labels

  A non-profit organization called The People's Initiative Foundation recently started a petition campaign for The Children's Wireless Protection Act. An excerpt from the petition reads as follows: "We the people of the United States petition our leaders and regulators for the immediate placement of clear and visible warning labels on all cell phone packaging as well as on the cell phone itself. The citizens of the United States are not being properly warned or protected against the harmful and potentially deadly health effects from these now ubiquitously used EMR (electromagnetic radiation) emitting products. Further, all warning labels should be paid for by industry. "Warning Labels should read as follows... "WARNING, MANY SCIENTIFIC STUDIES HAVE SHOWN SERIOUS HEALTH EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND THIS DEVICE, INCLUDING CANCER AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EFFECTS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN KEEP THIS DEVICE AWAY FROM THEIR HEAD AND BODY." According to their website, the group is "following the path to protective legislation by interviewing Washington lobbyists and politicians who will be teaching us about the legislative process and how to effectively create a bill that passes." If you are interested in signing the petition or to learn more, visit www.thepeoplesinitiative.org. Here's the video for the petition campaign: Note: We have no affiliation, business or otherwise, with The People's Initiative Foundation. We are presenting this information only as a public service.

• Rep. Dennis Kucinich Says Cell Phone Radiation Gave Him 'Headaches' (Video)

  Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) spoke briefly about the cell phone health issue during a recent conference of scientists and government officials on that subject in Congress. Rep. Kucinich relates his personal experience of getting 'headaches' when using the cell phone and the precautionary measures he has applied to circumvent the effects. Rep. Kucinich is the chair of the subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that held hearings last year about whether there is a link between cell phones and cancer. He expressed particular concern about the radiation effects on children, which he said is found to be "medically significant." It may be worth noting that during that hearing, the cell phone industry executives declined his request to testify about the status of the scientific research on the topic. Here's the video (Rep. Kucinich is introduced a about 30 seconds into the video):

• WHO Study Shows Cell Phone Radiation, Brain Tumor Link

  A ten-year study into cell phones conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found a link between long term use and brain tumors. The internationally-respected body will release the official results of their study before the end of the year, but will soon begin issuing a public health message with its findings, according to the New York Post. The $30 million decade-long project surveyed 12,800 people in 13 countries, and included tumor sufferers as well as healthy cell phone users. No specific results of the study have been released, but preliminary results have linked mobile phone exposure to three types of brain tumour and a tumour of the salivary gland. This finding comes on the heels of similar reports recently by the International EMF Collaborative and the Environmental Working Group (EWG) as well as a Senate hearing chaired by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, looking into the health risks of cell phone use. The head of the WHO study, Dr. Elisabeth Cardis, said, "In the absence of definitive results and in the light of a number of studies which, though limited, suggest a possible effect of radiofrequency radiation, precautions are important." She further stated that children should be restricted, not banned, from cell phone use.