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Yesterday hand-held radar guns were ordered to be banned by the Iowa Highway patrol in Des Moines, concerning the heath of the troopers.

Hand-held radar guns are said to emit radiation waves, and long term exposer could cause cancer cells. As a precaution 70 radar guns will be removed from service while studies are testing the link between hand-held radar guns and cancer cells.

“The feeling here is to err on the side of caution until more is known about the issue,” Adam Bertluti, spokesman for the Iowa Highway patrol said.  The start of this movement is from 3 Cedar Rapids officers filed workman’s compensation, claiming to have developed caver form using the hand-held radar guns.

This banishment is the first of it’s kind in the Iowa Highway patrol.