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Does that cellphone in your pocket pose a health risk?

By Public Affairs

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The city of Berkeley just passed the nation’s first cellphone “right to know” ordinance, requiring retailers to warn customers of potential radiation exposure.

The measure is controversial: Many medical professionals say evidence of harm from electromagnetic fields is inconclusive. Nearly 200 scientists have called on international health organizations to adopt tougher regulations; industry groups are expected to sue to block the law.

Joel Moskowitz, director of the Center for Family and Community Health at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, joined a recent discussion of the new ordinance, which he helped draft, on KQED radio’s Forum with Michael Krasny.

Listen to the conversation, which includes Moskowitz and a professor at the UCSF School of Medicine, Allan Balmain.