The ‘Precautionary Principle’ in Action…Or is it Inaction?
As noted below, H.R. 4040, the now-passed consumer product regulation and litigation bill, bans three classes of phthalates “temporarily” until scientific studies prove these plastic softeners are safe...
View ArticleThe Technology Itself Has No Intrinsic Moral Component
From today’s Washington Post, “Tales from the Cellphone Tour,” an informative and entertaining Business Section article about Cyriac Roeding, a mobile technology expert who traveled the world to see...
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Legislation, Litigation or Appropriation?
The cover of the latest “Skeptical Inquirer” prompts us to go back and review the testimony of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing held on Monday, September 14, on the health effects of cell...
View ArticleWell, You Shouldn’t Be Driving in the First Place
From George Ou at Digital Society, “California vehicle standard blocks cell, radio, and GPS“: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) just passed a new regulation that requires glazed glass in...
View ArticleSF: Hanging Up a Second Time, for Good Measure
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ decision to impose anti-consumer labeling on cell phones sold in the city is a remarkably anti-business move. CTIA–The Wireless Association — the cell phone...
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You, Out of the Car! Drop that Cell Phone! Now Ride! Ride!
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood endured a new round of blog-based criticism this week after suggesting that people who use their cells phones while driving should have their ignitions disabled by...
View ArticleThe ‘Precautionary Principle’ in Action…Or is it Inaction?
As noted below, H.R. 4040, the now-passed consumer product regulation and litigation bill, bans three classes of phthalates “temporarily” until scientific studies prove these plastic softeners are safe...
View ArticleThe Technology Itself Has No Intrinsic Moral Component
From today’s Washington Post, “Tales from the Cellphone Tour,” an informative and entertaining Business Section article about Cyriac Roeding, a mobile technology expert who traveled the world to see...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Legislation, Litigation or Appropriation?
The cover of the latest “Skeptical Inquirer” prompts us to go back and review the testimony of a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing held on Monday, September 14, on the health effects of cell...
View ArticleWell, You Shouldn’t Be Driving in the First Place
From George Ou at Digital Society, “California vehicle standard blocks cell, radio, and GPS“: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) just passed a new regulation that requires glazed glass in...
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