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Cellular Telephones Cell Phone
1,931 wordsBOSTON A driver chatting into a cell phone as the car whizzes down the road is becoming a more common sight in this age of telecommunications. State legislators and federal officials agree that the use of cellular telephones while driving poses a distraction which may lead to car accidents. But they acknowledge that little is being done to address the issue. "Anything that takes your eyes off the road is a hazard, " state Rep. Reed Hillman, R-Sturbridge, said. But Hillman, former head of the Mas...
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Federal Communications Commission Cellular Phones
1,595 wordsThe war over the health hazards of cellular phones is beginning to mount. The idea that cellular phones possibly cause cancer became an issue in 1993 when a gentleman sued a cell phone manufacturer saying that the phone caused his wifes brain tumor and eventual death (Greenwald, 67). Both sides of the issue continue to blur into one gray area. The battle lines, no longer clearly defined. Research is being undertaken through every organization from The American Cancer Society to the FDA. Although...
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Phone While Driving Cellular Phones
1,535 wordsOver a decade ago the house phone was such a remarkable advancement where it provided a person to call places over thousands of miles away. Then the ease and comfort of wireless phones came out. Now, the invention of cellular phones (a mobile telephone) is an excellent device to do business or call out for help when you need to. While for others it is a failure, annoying and a cause of accidents. Today, cellular phones have become a necessity in a persons pocket. (Vanlaecken, H. ). In According ...
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Cellular Telephones Electronic Surveillance
1,737 wordsOverview The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986 was adopted to address the legal privacy issues that were evolving with the growing use of computers and other new innovations in electronic communications. The ECPA updated legislation passed in 1968 that had been designed to clarify what constitutes invasion of privacy when electronic surveillance is involved. The ECPA extended privacy protection outlined in the earlier legislation to apply to radio paging devices, electronic ma...
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England Journal Of Medicine Cellular Telephones
909 wordsCellular telephones are fast becoming an important factor in highway safety. ? Cellular phones are becoming increasingly universal, marked by a 1, 685 percent increase in the number of users from 1988 to 1995. ? (CTIA page 1 of 3) There are many studies currently being made looking into the risks involved with driving vehicles and talking on cellular phones. Many states are even experimenting with the idea of tickets for talking and driving. Such ticketing would affect a great deal of people. Th...
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