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Re: Car Phones?

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From: michael dale townsend
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:21
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All right, it finally made it to the news last night:	
"Portable cell phones (not car phones with external antennas) can give
you brain tumors."  I personally wouldn't hold a 3 watt transmitter next
to my head all day, but I think that the article tried to play on scare
tactics.  It was kind of like David Brodeaur's (sp?) _Currents of
Death._  Now everyone with bagphones and hand-held models are going to
try to sue motorola, right?  Even if they only have a .6 watt model?  I
realize that some of the higher powered radios, such as the military
motorolas, have warning stickers on them; however, I thought that they
were much more powerful than the highest legal powered cell-phone.
Anyway, what does net.wisdom say about this?
Michael Townsend
michaet@hubcap.clemson
(maybe someone should crosspost this to misc.consumers to *really* start
the flame wars!   Nahhhhh I want educated opinions first. . :-)      )
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From: michaet@hubcap.clemson.edu (michael dale townsend)
Subject: Re: Car Phones?
Message-ID: <1993Jan26.142123.3257@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Organization: Clemson University
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:21:23 GMT
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