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French Law Cracks Down on Cell Phone Use by Children: Bans Advertising and Phones Designed for Kids

by Jennifer Lance on January 12, 2009 · 6 comments

France bans cell phones for kids
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First the French ban TV for children under three-years-old, now the French government is concerned about the negative health effects of mobile devices on children. From cancer to other diseases, cell phone use is especially dangerous to children.

Swedish researchers have found that children and teenagers are five times more likely to get brain cancer from mobile phones, causing concern their may be an epidemic of the disease for young people later in life.

The French response to this growing concern of the safety of cell phones for children is threefold:

  1. NO advertising of mobile phones directed at children under 12.
  2. BANS the sale of cell phones designed for children under 6-years-old.
  3. Introduce new limits for radiation from the phones and require mobile phones to be sold with earphones.

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