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12 May 2025

New York State: Smartphones Are Finally Getting Expelled

Smartphones Are Finally Getting Expelled
By John Herrman, a tech columnist at Intelligencer, nymag.com, 8 May 2025

Starting at the beginning of the 2025–26 school year, New York public and charter schools will be implementing plans for “bell-to-bell” smartphone bans, which prohibit the “unsanctioned use of smartphones and other internet-enabled personal devices on school grounds in K-12 schools for the entire school day.” If you’re a New York student and the plan’s various small exceptions don’t apply to you, your phone will be going in the bag (or the box, or the cubby, or the office).

Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images

New York is far from the first state to implement smartphone restrictions in schools, but it’s the largest to go so far, and its ban marks a tipping point: Whatever you think of the broad, bipartisan, passionate, but also sort of disorganized and confused campaign to ban smartphones from classrooms, it’s winning. More than half of American states have something on the books, while more than a dozen have policies that resemble outright bans, many of which will go into effect next year. France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Brazil all have national bans of some sort, and countless other countries are close behind.

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Switzerland: Electrohypersensitivity - a repressed condition

Electrohypersensitivity - a repressed condition
by Pascal Sigg, Die Wochenzeitung, 11 May 2025 - DeepL translation

Kathrin Luginbühl is one of many people in Switzerland who have been suffering for years from symptoms that they attribute to electromagnetic radiation - in particular to mobile telephony and WLAN. Although her symptoms are serious - palpitations, stabbing headaches, massive sleep deprivation - her suffering is not officially recognized as an illness. Scientific research has so far refused to provide a clear classification, although there has been evidence of biological effects far below the applicable limits for decades.

Hadlikon was a place of retreat for Luginbühl, a “radiation refuge”, as the article in the weekly newspaper calls it - a rare place with comparatively low mobile phone exposure. But with the construction of a new mobile phone antenna, she also lost this last refuge. She had already had to give up her home four times before because of newly erected antennas. The courts dismissed her appeals on the grounds that the radiation exposure was below the precautionary limits. The fact that Luginbühl falls seriously ill below these levels is ignored.

10 May 2025

Phonegate: Schlatter motion rejected in Switzerland

Phonegate: Schlatter motion rejected in Switzerland
By : Phonegate Team • 10 May 2025

On May 7, 2025, the Swiss National Council rejected the motion by the Deputy Marionna Schlatter calling for genuine market surveillance to monitor compliance with legal radiation limits for cell phones and protect users’ health. This decision comes at a time when the Deputy has publicly denounced the Phonegate scandal, specifically citing our NGO’s revelations on the total lack of control of actual smartphone emissions in Switzerland.

Details of the vote in the National Council



In the National Council vote on Marionna Schlatter’s motion, 62 Deputies voted in favor of the text, while 130 voted against and 8 were absent or did not vote. This decision, which is difficult to justify in view of the lack of existing controls, seems above all to protect industrial interests to the detriment of public health.

08 May 2025

26 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or Health (7 May 2025)

26 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or Health
Electromagnetic Radiation Safety, 7 May 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:

Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure on cancer in laboratory animal studies, a systematic review

23.4244 Speech by Marionna Schlatter, National Councillor, Swiss Parliament: Cell phone radiation exceeds the permitted values. Check compliance with the NIR limit values ​​in Switzerland as well.

THIS BLOG POST HAS BEEN REVISED ON 8 MAY 2025.

23.4244  Speech by Marionna Schlatter, National Councillor, Swiss Parliament 
7 May 2025 - DeepL translation **

Cell phone radiation exceeds the permitted values. Finally, check compliance with the NIR limit values ​​in Switzerland as well.

Schlatter Marionna (G, ZH): This motion calls for what has long been taken for granted in many European countries: independent market surveillance to ensure compliance with the NIR limits for cell phones. Switzerland must no longer remain exempt in this area. 

My motion demands nothing other than that the protection of the population is finally implemented consistently in the area of non-ionizing radiation (NIR) emitted by cell phones. Because reality shows:
Cell phones emit more radiation than permitted. The Phonegate scandal in France has made it clear that the SAR measurement of cell phones was systematically manipulated. Even a global corporation like Apple had to withdraw its iPhone 12 from the market. It is naive to believe that such problems do not also affect devices that are sold in Switzerland.

Without monitoring, however, only the principle of hope remains, and that is not enough in terms of health protection by any stretch of the imagination.

07 May 2025

Honeybees' behaviour in a Faraday-shielded hive: mandatory Schumann resonance for colony survival

HONEYBEES’ BEHAVIOUR IN A FARADAY-SHIELDED HIVE : MANDATORY SCHUMANN RESONANCE FOR COLONY SURVIVAL

International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH
Vol. 13 No. 4 (2025): Volume 13 Issue 4 April 2025 Edition

Authors

Daniel Favre A.R.R.A., P.O. box 138, CH-1860 Aigle, Switzerland

Olle Johansson Associate Professor, Retired from the Karolinska Institute (In Nov 2017, Still Active), Department of Neuroscience, Head of the Experimental Dermatology Unit, Stockholm, Sweden, and Adjunct Professor, Previously at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v13.i4.2025.6023

Abstract [English]



Research shows that low-level anthropogenic electromagnetic fields negatively impact various species in their behaviour, affecting orientation, migration, foraging, reproduction, nesting, territorial defense, vitality, and survival. Many insects, like honeybees, rely on Earth's electromagnetic fields for orientation and foraging. The honeybees react negatively to anthropogenic multi-frequency interference through multi-sensory mechanisms. In order to circumvent the potentially negative effects of external electromagnetic influence, the honeybees were kept in Faraday hives. Placing honeybees in such Faraday-shielded cages, which block external electromagnetic fields, effectively isolates them from natural electromagnetic frequencies. However, the long-term survival of the honeybees in such Faraday hives was only possible with the artificial re-introduction of the Earth's natural electromagnetic environment, the Schumann resonance. Honeybees placed in Faraday cages without access to the Schumann resonance experience a range of effects, including physiological impairments to the queen of the honeybees’ colony, which stops laying fertilized eggs. This is leading to the collapse of the colony, which is finally containing only immature female workers and drones. These findings highlight the significance of natural electromagnetic fields in maintaining homeostasis and normal biological functions of honeybees. Further research is needed to explore factors like electromagnetic radiation affecting honeybee physiology and behaviour. The combined effect of multiple stressors, interacting across space and time, likely plays a central role in the global decline of honeybee health.

Switzerland: Blackout instead of back-up: when mobile communications fail in a crisis

Blackout instead of back-up: when mobile communications fail in a crisis
20 minutes online, 2 May 2025 - Translated with DeepL.com

Power outages paralyze mobile networks - what remains of the promise of security in digital communication?

All it takes is a storm - and Switzerland's supposedly stable communications infrastructure collapses. In Valais and the Bernese Oberland, power failures led to a total breakdown of mobile communications. Even emergency calls were no longer possible in many places. What shocked the population was a predictable scenario for critics - and one that was announced. This is because the mobile phone antennas only have an emergency power supply for around one hour. After that, there is digital silence.

While telecoms companies such as Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt have been talking about “network coverage” and “reliability” for years, a glaring deficit is now becoming apparent: the networks are not crisis-proof. The Federal Council had already called for emergency power solutions such as diesel generators in 2024 - but the industry rejected them. The measures were “not feasible in practice”. What remains is the realization that mobile communications are not a reliable infrastructure in an emergency.

The Science on Cell Phones and Cancer with Dr. Ron Melnick

Listen to this excellent podcast!

The Science on Cell Phones and Cancer with Dr. Ron Melnick
kpfa.org/, 5 May 2025

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the Trump administration’s effort to intimidate non-profit organizations working on environmental issues, and the new World Health Organization report confirming the links between cell phone radiation and cancer. Then Dr. Ronald Melnick, who designed and oversaw the landmark National Institute of Health study on cell phone radiation, talks about how the study was designed and why so many people have never heard about it. More information and links on the show page at www.GreenStreetNews.org.

Swiss doctors warn against cell phone radiation - these are their demands

Swiss doctors warn against cell phone radiation - these are their demands
bluewin.ch, 5 May 2025

(Photo): Cell phone networks are becoming increasingly important in the digital age. However, doctors warn against radiation.
Daniel Karmann/dpa


A medical organization is calling for better protection against cell phone radiation. The reason for this is a new study that does not give the all-clear in terms of health risks.

No time? blue News summarizes for you
  • Doctors for environmental protection warn of health risks from cell phone radiation.
  • A new study by the University of Bern shows a link between mobile phone radiation and a higher cancer rate in animals, particularly in the brain and heart.
  • The organization advises people to rely on wired internet, especially indoors, and criticizes the lack of controls in Switzerland.
The Doctors for Environmental Protection (AefU) are calling for more caution when dealing with mobile phone radiation. "From a medical point of view, there is a need for action," the organization declared on Monday. The reason for this is a new systematic review published in the journal Environment International at the end of April.

The study, which was conducted at the University of Bern and partly co-financed by the World Health Organization, evaluated 52 animal experiments. The research team found a clear correlation: animals that were exposed to mobile phone radiation were more likely to develop cancer. Tumors were found particularly often in the lymph nodes, liver, lungs, adrenal glands, brain and heart.

06 May 2025

Dangerous smartphones: ANFR called upon to inform Europe

Dangerous smartphones: ANFR called upon to inform Europe
By : Phonegate Team • 6 May 2025

Through its lawyer, attorney Lisa Arazi, the Phonegate Alert association has officially lodged a complaint with the general directorate of the French National Frequency Agency (ANFR), denouncing its serious failure to declare non-compliant cell phones and connected objects in the European ICSMS database, which is essential for protecting consumer health throughout the European Union.

A clear European obligation, reiterated by the European Commission

The European Commission recently recalled that the responsibility for informing about non-compliant phones and withdrawing them from the EU market lies with the Member States and their supervisory authorities, such as ANFR.

Any measures taken by Member States concerning non-compliant products must be published in the ICSMS and, if the non-compliance presents a serious risk, in Safety Gate/RAPEX, which also enables consumers to be aware of the risks”, reminded European Commissioner Thierry Breton (2023).
Serious breaches of its European obligations by ANFR that expose consumers in the European Union

Since 2018, thanks to information obtained following our actions vis-à-vis ANFR, Phonegate Alert has identified 58 cell phone models and two connected objects with significant SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) exceedances, revealing major regulatory non-compliances following controls carried out by ANFR.

Consult the complete list on our website.