The Phonegate Scandal

Image from Pierre Le Hir's article in Le Monde.

We note that people are amending the French Wikipedia entry on "Phonegate".  We question the current title suggested for the entry:  "Marketing of non-compliant mobile phones" ("Commercialisation de téléphones portables non conformes").  To us, it says little about this serious public health and industrial scandal.  If the reason for eliminating "Phonegate" is that it has never been "read" or "heard" by people then that is false. The term was coined by the journalist Pierre le Hir in his article published in one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world, Le Monde, on 23 December 2016, « Soupçons sur les ondes des téléphones portables » (English translation: "Suspicions about Mobile Phones").  We would wish  the term, "Phonegate" to become commonly known.

We remind people that this is a very serious public health issue, affecting hundreds of millions of mobile phone users worldwide, who have been overexposed for more than 20 years to the radiation from their mobile phones.  This especially concerns children, pregnant women, an estimated 300 million persons suffering from microwave sickness and others who are more vulnerable to this type of radiation.



We invite you to read this article from the Environmental Health Trust on the Phonegate scandal:
"Phonegate: French Government Data Indicates Cell Phones Expose Consumers To Radiation Levels Higher Than Manufacturers Claim".

Quoting from the article:

"Ricocheting in headlines throughout France, Arazi and his colleagues have coined the situation as “PhoneGate” because of the parallels to “Diesel Gate” – the Volkswagen emissions saga. Devra Davis, PhD, President of Environmental Health Trust explained, “Volkswagen cars passed diesel emission tests when tested in laboratory conditions, but when the cars were driven on real roads, they emitted far more fumes. In the same way, every one of these cell phones ‘passed’ laboratory radiation SAR tests. These phones are legally considered compliant. However, when these phones are tested in the ways that people actually use them in real life, such as in your jeans pocket or bra, the amount of absorbed radiation emissions in our bodies violates the regulatory limits”."

Our special thanks to French physician, Dr. Marc Arazi, President of the Phonegate Alert Association, who uncovered this scandal, and also to his very committed team in courageously fighting to protect our health.

There are 104 articles included in this blog on Phonegate and 122 articles on our blog in French "Mieux Prévenir". 

More information can be found on:

Dr. Arazi's blog, arazi.fr
Phonegate Alert Association's Website:  phonegatealert.org 
Facebook pages:  Phonegate Alert and Task Force Phonegate Alert.
Twitter account:  https://twitter.com/phone_gate

And, if you haven't already done so, please support Phonegate's action by signing its petition which is in 7 languages:
"Protect the health of millions of mobile phone users"

Note:  This article is the opinion of the Editor of "Towards Better Health".