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Iowa Highway Patrol effectively banned the use on hand-held radar guns yesterday in Des Moines. Spokesman Adam Smith announced that trooper concerns of cancer led to the gun ban. 70 radar guns will be taken out of service, while troopers will continue to use cruiser mounted radar transmitters

“The feeling here is to err on the side of caution until more is known about the issue,” Smith says. “The whole situation is under review.” The ban follows complaints from three municipal officers who are seeking workman’s compensation claims from cancer they have developed. The ban is only a precaution while studies are still being conducted for possible links to cancer.

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