August 25, 2005

New York City Council member Eva Moskowitz has compiled a comprehensive rankings chart of various cell phones based on levels of radio-frequency radiation emissions.

Moskowitz says consumers should be provided with the data when deciding on wireless equipment and mobile phone purchases.

"In the absence of absolute certainty within the medical community that cell-phone emissions have no link to cancer or harmful side effects, I wanted to make emissions information available to the public," said Moskowitz, a Democrat who has represented Manhattan's 4th District since 1999.

"People need to make their own comparison-based decisions about what kind of a device they want to use. My office created a list that we hope is comprehensive as a public service and in the interest of consumer education."

A Moskowitz spokeswoman said the phone radiation limits fall within safety guidelines adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in conjunction with various governmental health and environmental agencies.

The mobile-phone industry is fighting brain cancer and other health-related lawsuits in various courts.

Industry lawyers, who have yet to lose a health lawsuit, recently asked the U.S. Supreme court to review a lower court's decision remanding several headset-related class-action lawsuits back to various state courts.

Plaintiffs' attorneys are crafting a reply to industry's petition. Several of the cell-phone health lawsuits will remain on hold until the high court rules in the headset cases.

Source: RCR News