Black screen. A cell phone rings. More phones go off, louder. The ringing stops and there is silence.

NARRATOR No other technology has made its way as quickly and as extensively into peoples daily lives as mobile communication. Time lapse shots of satellites fly over the globe. NARRATOR In less than 30 years since its invention, there are now over 6 billion cell phones in use worldwide.# An eight-year-old sits at a bus stop talking on her iPhone 4S. NARRATOR In fact, in the United States, one third of children under the age of eleven own s their own phone. A businessman operates two phones at once. NARRATOR And in many developed nations, there are actually more phones than people. A waiter swipes a credit card using a smartphone. NARRATOR Cell phones are incredibly useful devices, which allow us to share information across the globe faster than ever before. Theyre powerful miniature c omputers, that fit neatly in our pockets. A man puts his cell phone in his pocket. NARRATOR Cell phones have changed our lives, which is why we all have them. But what if t hey were also potentially dangerous as many major news networks have reported? Radio frequency static buzzes and a television turns on. DIANE SAWYER We are going to be raising new questions about the safety of cell phones. Youll r emember there were alarming reports a few years ago about brain cancer but they were quickly dismissed. Static appears and the channel changes to FOX. SHEPARD SMITH Every cell phone emits some radiation. Whether its enough to cause cancer most scientists say is still frankly unknown. Static appears and the channel changes to Comedy Central. STEPHEN COLBERT But cell phone manufacturers are looking out for us folks. They recommend that y ou hold the device 15mm away from your head which conveniently happens to be the thickness of an Amys frozen burrito. A quick ten minute call to Nanna and lunch is ready. But what if youre not hungry and you dont want to get brain cancer but y ou still need to make a call? What do you do? Easy.

Colbert has an interns head between his head and the phone. STEPHEN COLBERT This allows me to use my cell phone without my brain absorbing harmful cancer ra ys. INTERN But uhh Im getting the cancer rays. STEPHEN COLBERT Shhhh! Im on the phone! The TV shuts off. NARRATOR Ever since I could remember, Ive always been fascinated by technology. Here is a picture of me at age seven after I talked my way into using someones limo phone. NARRATOR When I first heard about the negative health effects from cell phones, I was sce ptical but curious to find out more. A couple months later, I was contacted on F acebook by Zack Marks, a fellow University of San Francisco classmate whos father was diagnosed with a brain tumor which they believed was attributed to his twen ty years of obsessive cell phone use. While his father was being diagnosed, Zack was working for Senator Ted Kennedy, who less than a week later was also diagno sed with a brain tumor. In fact, there are several people across the United Stat es who believe their cancer was caused by long-term exposure. Keith Philips, Brain Tumor Survivor Jackson Hole, Wyoming KEITH PHILLIPS Id been riding my bike one morning. I came in I was looking at the newspaper on t he kitchen table. I was standing there and all of a sudden I saw lights and I mu st have passed out because I woke up in the ambulance. The doctors here said the re was a tumor present there and that I needed to go down to Salt Lake. So I wen t down to Salt Lake and they did tests and proved it was glioblastoma. I would h old my cell phone here (holds phone next to his left ear) and the tumor was righ t there (points to his left ear). Teresa Gregorio, Brain Tumor Survivor San Diego, California TERESA GREGORIO I started using a cell phone in 1985. On Valentines Day in 2003, I suffered five massive seizures and was told within 24 hours I had a brain tumor. Underwent a c raniotomie where they took out about a golf ball sized tumor and then underwent 27 rounds of radiation. I believe that the cell phone played a huge roll in this tumor. Craig Farver, father of a brain tumor victim. Colorado? CRAIG FARVER This is our 28-year-old son that died in October 11th of 2008. He was diagnosed with glioblastoma brain cancer in March of 2008. He last seven months and died s even days after his 29th birthday. We went in and got his diagnosis from the neu rosurgeon. We asked him because we were nave at the time we said what causes som ething like this and he never hesitated once and said cell phone use. And he was a heavy user from 1998 until 2008. And I cant even hardly show you the stack of

bills and papers that showed his usage on that cell phone was extremely high bec ause he didnt have a landline. He specifically relied on a cell phone for his dai ly use for everything and was on it probably 10 hours a day. So thats what we wan t to get out. We want people to know that this is just the tip of the iceberg. I dont think people realize what were getting into. NARRATOR But if it were true cell phones were dangerous, wouldnt we know by now? And did c ell phone manufacturers really tell to keep the phone away from your body in the manual? I looked online to see if a search could help answer my questions. A laptop screen shows a search for cell phone manual warnings. Slow zoom in on the iPhone manual as specific text is highlighted. NARRATOR Then I looked in my iPhone manual, and found in the smallest of print, I was ins tructed to keep [my phone] at least 5/8 inch away from [my] body and only use car rying cases or belt clips that maintain at least 5/8 inch separation at all times . In addition, the manual stated, If youre still concerned about exposure to radio frequency energy, you can further limit your exposure by limiting the amount of time using iPhone, since time is a factor in how much exposure a person receive s, and by placing more distance between your body and iPhone, since exposure lev els drops off dramatically with distance. NARRATOR I looked up other manuals online and found some manuals, such as the Blackberry Torch, go as far to say: keep the device at least .98 inch from your body (includ ing the abdomen of pregnant women and the lower abdomen of teenagers).

NARRATOR Why was this safety information in the manual in such small print? In a struggle to raise awareness about the fine print warning and the possible health effects from long-term radiation, Zack and his family spoke to politicians and Senators to pass a bill. In 2008, the Marks spoke with Congressman Dennis Kucinich who t ried to enact a bill, but it never went anywhere. NARRATOR Then in 2009, when out to eat a restaurant in downtown San Francisco Zacks mother , Ellie noticed San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Without hesitation, she went o ver to his table and began to talk with him about her husbands tumor and the nume rous studies already showing damage from cell phone radiation. NARRATOR Hearing her story first hand and becoming concerned about the fine information because of his pregnant wife, Newsom decided to passed a Right to Know bill in 201 0# which would require cell phone stores city wide to provide informational post ers about the possible health effects from radiation exposure and the safer ways people can use their phones. Essentially, providing customers with the informat ion found in fine print in most manuals.

NARRATOR After the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor Gavin Newsom passed the bill, a law

suit was filed against the city# by the CTIA otherwise known as the Cellular Tel ecommunications Internet Association# or the Wireless Association. The CTIA, whi ch was founded in 1984, is a powerful, billion dollar, trade organization which lobbies for major cell phone manufacturers and service providers.#