Ex-Microsoft Exec Calls Out Wireless Industry On Radiation Issues
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OTTAWA — The former president of Microsoft Corp.'s Canadian operations is calling on companies involved in wireless technology to be more forthcoming in addressing what he says are health risks associated with exposure to signals transmitted from various devices.
Frank Clegg, president of Microsoft Canada from 1990 to 2004, is now CEO of a group called Canadians For Safe Technology (C4ST). He was in Ottawa Monday to help promote a private member's bill (Bill C-648) tabled by Conservative MP Terence Young. The bill, if passed, would require labels on wireless technology or packaging that addresses possible health risks from the devices.
In a news conference on Parliament Hill, Clegg called on those in the wireless industry to either back the bill or declare their products safe.
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