October 16, 2023 Puzzle Piece
Cell Phone Danger -Testing Accused as Inadequate?
France's
recent ban on sales of the iPhone 12 due to radiation concerns has
sparked apprehension throughout Europe about the health risks of
cellphone radiation exposure. While U.S. tests focus narrowly on whether
phones heat tissue, some experts argue they fail to show the whole
picture.
“The
way they're tested is to see whether or not they heat you up, and not
for the chronic long-term effects that have been demonstrated,” Devra
Davis, a cancer epidemiologist who holds a doctorate in science studies
and a master's in public health in epidemiology, told The Epoch Times.
“Particularly the effects on sperm and lower testosterone, among
others.”
According to Ms. Davis, the biggest problem with U.S. testing is that
it’s not conducted with the phone against the body. She compared it to
the "Dieselgate” scandal involving Volkswagen, where the company rigged
its tests to show lower exhaust emissions than the vehicle actually
produced.
“The
same thing is happening here,” she added, noting that the tests were
initially set up with spacers, as if phones were in holsters or holders.
When
the French government tests cellphones as they are actually used, “like
in your hand [or] next to your body,” Ms. Davis said, the phones exceed
European Union (EU) radiation limits. France has pulled or required
software updates for 42 other cellphone models that emit excessive
radiation since 2017.
The
telecommunications industry has almost complete control of the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), according to a report published by
Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. A telecom
lobbying group executive boasted its lobbyists meet FCC officials 500
times annually, the report stated.
“We
don't have any programs to test phones after they've been approved,”
Ms. Davis said. “And the approval process is self-regulated because of
this revolving door that takes place between the FCC and the telecom
industry.”
Ms.
Davis said if phones underwent drug testing, they'd be illegal. She
warned of the danger cellphones pose, similar to certain drugs found to
cause cancer and other health problems, in her 2010 book, "Disconnect:
The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide
It, and How to Protect Your Family," and still stands by it today. 17
Minutes of Daily Cellphone Use Increased Cancer Risk.
Heavy cellphone use has a "possible" association with increased brain
cancer incidence, especially in research not funded by telecoms,
according to a review of 23 case-control studies in 2009 published in
the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
“Our
government, however, stopped funding research on the health effects of
radiofrequency radiation in the 1990s,” study author Joel Moskowitz, the
director of the Center for Family and Community Health and Community
Health at the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley, said in a press
statement in July 2021. “Our main takeaway from the current review is
that approximately 1,000 hours of lifetime cellphone use, or about 17
minutes per day over a 10-year period, is associated with a
statistically significant 60% increase in brain cancer,” Mr. Moskowitz
wrote.
The 2009 review was updated in 2020 to include 46 studies with similar findings.
The International Commission on the Biological Effects of
Electromagnetic Fields warned in 2022 that radiofrequency radiation
(RFR) exposure limits established in the 1990s don't adequately protect
the public, especially from novel 5G technology lacking health studies.
Several bills pending in Congress give the telecom industry “free range”
to put their towers wherever they want them, including “right by your
bedroom window” if you're living in an apartment building, according to
Ms. Davis.
A review
of scientific studies published in 2022 found that most of the research
found increased rates of cancer and radiofrequency sickness in people
living within close proximity to mobile phone base stations. A recent
study from Brazil found cancer mortality rose with population exposure
to radio base station frequencies.
“I think 5G belongs in the medical and military places, wired in
[Ethernet], but not in homes,” Ms. Davis said. “The real problem is that
in order for 5G to work, we need one million new antennas."
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