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Cell-phone radiation disclosure ordinance continued one week after business and legal concerns

3005888 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

The Board continued consideration by one week of an ordinance requiring retailers to disclose specific absorption rate (SAR) values for cell phones, after supervisors cited small-business and liability concerns and asked the Department of the Environment and the City Attorney for clarifications.

An ordinance amending the Environment Code to require retailers to disclose specific absorption rate (SAR) values for cell phones was continued one week after supervisors raised questions from small-business owners and from the City Attorney’s office about posting and liability.

Supervisor London Breed Maxwell (referred in transcript as Supervisor Maxwell) introduced the legislation, saying it was meant to give consumers “complete and accurate information on potential human health and environmental…

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