FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
State Rep. Mike Sturla D-Lancaster Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee www.pahouse.com/sturla	State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown D- Philadelphia Hearing Co-Chair www.pahouse.com/brown

MEDIA ADVISORY

Democratic Policy Committee to hold hearing on legislation that requires cell phone warning labels Thursday in Philadelphia

HARRISBURG, Aug. 29 – House Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, announced today that the committee will hold a public hearing on legislation that would require warning labels on cell phones from 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Sept. 1 in Drexel University's Paul Peck Alumni Center's Board Room, at 32^nd and Market Streets, Philadelphia.

State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Phila., requested the hearing and will serve as co-chair. Brown has introduced House Bill 1408, which would require warning labels on cell phones to alert consumers of potential health dangers of microwave radiation.

The current hearing agenda is:

· 10 a.m.  – Welcome and opening remarks

· 10:10 a.m. – Ellen Marks, director of government & public affairs, Environmental Health Trust

· 10:40 a.m. – Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, founding director emeritus, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

· 11:10 a.m. –  Gerard Keegan, director of state legislative affairs, CTIA-The Wireless Association

· 11:40 a.m. – Closing remarks

The hearing is open to the public and media coverage is invited.

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