36 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or Health (5 June 2025)

36 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or Health
Electromagnetic Radiation Safety, 5 June 2025

Dr. Joel Moscowitz, University of California Berkeley, has been circulating abstracts of newly-published scientific papers on radio frequency and other non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF) monthly since 2016. The complete collection of these papers contains more than 2,000 abstracts with links to the papers. Several hundred EMF scientists around the world receive these updates.

To see abstracts for the most recent papers or to download volumes 1 to 3 of this collection go to:

https://www.saferemr.com/2022/06/recent-research-on-wireless-radiation.html

Recent Research on Wireless Radiation and Electromagnetic Fields

A comprehensive mechanism of biological and health effects of anthropogenic extremely low frequency and wireless communication electromagnetic fields

Rapid Deployment of 5G Wireless Communication and Risk Assessment on Human Health: Quid Novi?

List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users (updated 6 June 2025)

List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users
By : Phonegate Team • 6 Jun 2025

There are now 59 mobile phone models identified as dangerous to users’ health that have either been withdrawn from the French market or had their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) updated via software. The latest additions are: the CrossCall Core S5, the Nokia 110, the Ulefone Note 16 Pro and the Oukitel WP28, the DORO 1800 PLUS, the DOOGEE N50, the DOOGEE S100 PRO, the OSCAL C80, the SPC Discovery, the Motorola MOTO G53, the Nokia G22, the HOTWAV Cyber 7, the LOGICOM Flow, the EMPORIA smart 4 The DOOGEE S88, the EMPORIA simplicity V27, Apple’s iPhone 12, the Motorola Edge, the Essentiel Clap 20+, the Xiaomi Poco X3, and the LOGICOM Le Swipe.
Beware of the CrossCall Core S5 smartphone

Phonegate Alert reveals a new exceedance observed by ANFR of the specific absorption rate (SAR) limit (4.33 W/kg instead of 4 W/kg) on the CrossCall Core S5, a smartphone mainly intended for professionals (police officers, firefighters). Despite a mandatory corrective software update, the Agency has still not published the non-compliance report in its DATA database, despite our repeated requests.

Read our full press release dated June 6, 2025

Continue reading:
https://phonegatealert.org/en/list-of-mobile-phones-with-non-compliant-sars-removed-or-updated-in-france-2/

Beware of the CrossCall Core S5 smartphone

Beware of the CrossCall Core S5 smartphone
By : Phonegate Team • 6 June 2025

Phonegate Alert reveals a new exceedance detected by ANFR of the limit of the specific absorption rate (SAR) (4.33 W/kg instead of 4 W/kg) on the CrossCall Core S5, a smartphone mainly intended for professionals (police officers, firefighters). Despite a requirement to release a corrective software update, the Agency has still not published the non-compliance report in its DATA database, despite our repeated requests.

The Core S5 is already the 59th dangerous mobile phone to be flagged for non-compliance since we began reporting in 2018.

CrossCall targets professionals

French manufacturer CrossCall, which specializes in rugged smartphones for security, defense, healthcare, and construction, launched this new model, the Core S5, at the end of 2024. However, at the time of publication, there is no information on its website regarding SAR exceedances or updates.

Exposure to electromagnetic waves: a widely underestimated public health issue

The SAR measures the energy absorbed by the body when using a device. This latest incident highlights the urgent need to reduce user exposure, especially for professionals who are required to use such equipment on a daily basis for several hours at a time (security forces, healthcare workers, etc.). The health risks associated with electromagnetic waves, which are increasingly well documented, require strict compliance with standards by manufacturers and authorities.

CrossCall: A misleading response from the manufacturer

In response to this finding, CrossCall, at the request of ANFR, carried out a software update aimed at reducing the transmission power of its terminals, bringing the “limb” SAR down to 1.45 W/kg. However, this correction does not erase the seriousness of the initial exceedance, nor the issue of protecting users who have not performed the update. And as our real SAR calculator shows, the Core S5 has head and trunk SARs that exceed 7W/kg. Once again, we are faced with a clear regulatory failure!

Continue reading:
https://phonegatealert.org/en/beware-of-the-crosscall-core-s5-smartphone/

Reader's comment on the Schlatter Motion published by the Tribune de Genève

Reader's comment on the Schlatter Motion published by the Tribune de Genève

tdg.ch, 6 June 2025

Health of the Population

The association Doctors for the Environment recently cited a scientific study that compiled numerous animal experiments. In rats, the level of certainty was deemed high that exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation emitted by wireless devices increases the risk of two types of cancer: gliomas and schwannomas.

The Confederation says the situation is under control. No, it is not. On May 7, 2025, the National Council rejected a motion (130 votes to 62, with 8 absent or not voting) calling for the establishment of market surveillance to monitor compliance with legal cell phone radiation limits and protect users' health. Although the Confederation earned 1.4 billion Swiss francs from the sale of 4G and 5G frequencies to operators Swisscom, Sunrise, and Salt between 2012 and 2024, Federal Councilor Baume-Schneider recommended rejecting this motion, considering the implementation of such surveillance to be demanding in terms of financial and human resources.

Meanwhile, more and more users are being exposed to potentially harmful RF radiation emitted by cell phones, and rates of serious cancers such as glioblastoma are increasing among young people.

United States: Court ruling in Florida: towards a ban on social networks for minors?

Court ruling: towards a ban on social networks for minors?
by Andy R., android-mt.ouest-france.fr/, June 5, 2025 - auto-translation

A high-profile Florida law aimed at banning minors under the age of 14 from accessing social media platforms has just suffered a major setback. A federal judge has ordered its temporary suspension, reigniting the thorny debate over child protection in the digital age versus the fundamental principle of freedom of expression. This American decision resonates particularly strongly as many countries, including France, are considering the best way to regulate the use of social media by young people.

In brief:

• Florida law banning social media for children under 14 suspended by judge
• Concerns about violation of freedom of expression have been raised by the courts
• This type of debate on regulating minors' access to social networks is also lively in France. 

Florida's Attempt to Disconnect Young Users

In the spring of 2025, the state of Florida made a splash by adopting some of the strictest legislation in the United States regarding minors' access to social media. HB1, in particular, provided for an outright ban on the creation of accounts on many platforms for children under the age of 14. For adolescents aged 14 and 15, explicit parental consent became necessary. The stated objective of Florida lawmakers was clear: to protect young people from the effects deemed harmful by social media, such as cyberbullying, mental health problems (anxiety, depression, damaged self-image), or exposure to inappropriate or dangerous content.

United States: FCC Commissioner Simington pulls the plug, FCC is left without power

Commissioner Simington pulls the plug, FCC is left without power
In Featured News by Wireless EstimatorJune 4, 2025

AND THEN THERE WERE TWO: The FCC has not yet released the tentative agenda for its upcoming June Open Commission Meeting scheduled for June 26, 2025. Typically, the agency posts the agenda approximately three weeks before the meeting date. Due to the recent resignations of Commissioners Nathan Simington, at left, and Geoffrey Starks, the FCC currently lacks a quorum, impacting the Commission’s ability to vote on certain items during the upcoming meeting. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and Commissioner Anna Gomez will be the only commissioners of the five seats. No more than three commissioners can be from the same political party to maintain balance.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Nathan Simington announced today that he will resign on Friday, concluding a tenure that began with his appointment by President Donald Trump in December 2020. Simington’s departure comes amid a period of significant transition within the FCC, as Democratic Commissioner Geoffrey Starks also plans to step down this Friday.

In a statement, Simington expressed gratitude for his time at the FCC, highlighting his focus on defending free expression, safeguarding national security, and promoting infrastructure investment. He did not provide a specific reason for his resignation, but emphasized his intention to remain active in public discourse surrounding communications policy.

Continue reading:
https://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2025/commissioner-simington-pulls-the-plug-fcc-is-left-without-power/

A comprehensive mechanism of biological and health effects of anthropogenic extremely low frequency and wireless communication electromagnetic fields

This well-referenced literature review (373 refs.) explains how electromagnetic fields (EMF) produced in wireless communications--which are polarized, coherent microwaves with highly variable intensity and modulated and pulsed at extremely low frequencies--cause "cancer, infertility, electro-hypersensitivity, and various other pathologies.

Review Article

A comprehensive mechanism of biological and health effects of anthropogenic extremely low frequency and wireless communication electromagnetic fields

Panagopoulos DJ, Yakymenko I, De Iuliis GN, Chrousos GP.

Front. Public Health, 04 June 2025

Sec. Radiation and Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1585441

Exposure to anthropogenic electromagnetic fields (EMFs), especially those of wireless communications (WC) has increased tremendously. This is an unprecedented phenomenon throughout biological evolution because, all anthropogenic EMFs, being fully polarized, coherent, and, especially WC EMFs, highly variable, differ substantially from the natural EMFs. WC EMFs consist of Microwave (MW) carrier waves, modulated, by Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) signals, and included in on/off pulses repeated at various ELF rates. Moreover, they exhibit intense random variability, mainly in the Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) band. Thus, WC EMFs are a combination of MW and ELF/ULF EMFs. The combination of polarization/coherence and intense low-frequency (ELF/ULF) variability seems to be the key to EMF-bioactivity. Epidemiological and laboratory studies highlight a connection between ELF or WC EMF exposure and cancer, infertility, electro-hypersensitivity, and various other pathologies. Studies also find DNA damage and Oxidative Stress (OS) which explain these pathologies. While man-made EMFs cannot directly ionize molecules, they are capable of doing this indirectly in biological tissue, by triggering the biosynthesis of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) which can damage biomolecules, including DNA. The (over)production of ROS and the consequent OS are triggered by irregular gating of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels (VGICs) in the cell membranes as described by the Ion Forced Oscillation (IFO)-VGIC mechanism: Mobile ions within VGICs forced to oscillate by the applied ELF/ULF EMFs exert forces on the voltage sensors of the VGICs, similar to or greater than the forces that physiologically gate those channels, resulting in their irregular gating (dysfunction). Dysfunction of ion channels disrupts intracellular ionic concentrations. This triggers ROS overproduction and OS by the ROS-generating systems/enzymes in the cells, such as the electron transport chain (ETC) in the mitochondria, or the NADPH/NADH oxidases (NOXs), the Nitric Oxide synthases (NOS), etc. The IFO-VGIC mechanism and the consequent OS constitute a comprehensive mechanism that explains all known adverse biological and health effects reported to be induced by anthropogenic EMFs.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1585441/full

United States: Gov./FCC auction of spectrum ignores Federal Court ruling!

COLUMN: Gov./FCC auction of spectrum ignores Federal Court ruling!
wellsvillesun.com/, June 4, 2025
A precedent was set by The Environmental Health Trust and Children’s Health Defense v. FCC

An OPINION By Frederick Sinclair

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was created by an act of Congress in 1934 in order to manage and allocate nonfederal use of wireless spectrum; which includes radio broadcasting, mobile communications and satellite services. It is a small portion (band), of the full electromagnetic spectrum; that identifies and allocates a select range of frequencies in allocated spaces. These bands carry information in the form of vibrations (frequencies) within defined channels. They include phone calls, music, news, TV, emergency communication etc. It was in 1993 that Congress authorized the FCC to use competitive bidding (auctions) to grant long term licenses for rights to use specific frequencies for commercial wireless communication. This coincided with the advent of and subsequent rapid growth of wireless telecom, cell phones, the internet, and telemarketing. Banks of antennas were installed on towers, building rooftops, water towers, steeples, and satellite dishes appeared like mushrooms. Towers hosting multiple telecom providers dotted the landscape and the exploding world-wide addiction to wireless connection made owning bands of spectrum worth billions at auction.

Switzerland: Mobile phone ban at schools: a first step towards protection - but the basic problem remains unattended

Mobile phone ban at schools: a first step towards protection - but the basic problem remains unattended
Sources: Wiler newspaper; ajour.ch and pomona.ch, posted by Verein Schutz vor Strahlung, 1st June 2025 - translation

Nidwalden intervenes: As the first German-Swiss canton, it passes a uniform ban on private digital devices in schools. Meanwhile, other cantons continue to rely on self-responsibility - ignoring a central question: What role does the influence of radiation play in school?

Starting from the new school year, children and young people will no longer be allowed to use private phones, tablets and laptops in Nidwalden on the school premises. Exceptions are for educational purposes or emergencies only. The Directorate of Education justifies this decision with the increasing use of such devices and the desire to promote conscious use. The new regulation applies to both primary and secondary schools.

MAHA Report ‘Falls Short’ on Linking Wireless Radiation to Chronic Disease, Experts Say

“There is no excuse that the biological and health effects of electromagnetic fields in our ever-increasing wireless world were not featured front and center in the MAHA report as a driver of children’s deteriorating health.”

MAHA Report ‘Falls Short’ on Linking Wireless Radiation to Chronic Disease, Experts Say

“The MAHA Report” only briefly mentioned electromagnetic radiation and failed to accurately convey the scientific literature showing harm. “Nonetheless, it has broken ground as the first formal acknowledgement by the executive branch that there is a problem,” said Odette Wilkens, a technology attorney.
by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, June 3, 2025

The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report briefly mentioned electromagnetic radiation (EMR), but failed to accurately convey the scientific literature revealing how it harms human health, according to EMR experts and safe technology advocates who spoke with The Defender.

“The MAHA Report,” released May 22, identified four “key drivers” behind the childhood chronic disease epidemic. EMR, which wasn’t included as a main driver, was mentioned only briefly in the report’s section on environmental chemicals.

Miriam Eckenfels, director of Children’s Health Defense’s (CHD) Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) & Wireless Program, said EMR should have been listed as a fifth main driver.

“The report’s discussion of EMR serves as a conversation-starter,” Eckenfels said. “But it misses the mark in terms of acknowledging the impact of wireless radiation on the childhood chronic disease epidemic.”