The Council for Safe Telecommunications (Denmark) and The Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, Jan 25, 2023
Authors: Mona Nilsson (The Swedish Radiation Protection Foundation, Sweden), Vibeke Frøkjær Jensen and Henrik Eiriksson (The Council for Safe Telecommunications, Denmark)
Critique of Opinion Report:
https://www.mayday-info.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Summary-Critique-of-SCHEER-Opinion-Jan-25-2023.pdf
Highlights
SCHEER Report conflicts with vast majority of Field Experts
The majority of 256 scientists from this field of research, with more than 2000 peer reviewed studies among them, have signed a joint statement14 (EMF-Scientist Appeal) demanding better protection in terms of lower limits for RFR exposure due to the growing evidence of harmful effects well below the ICNIRP limits: “It is our opinion that, because the ICNIRP guidelines do not cover long-term exposure and low-intensity effects, they are insufficient to protect public health.”
In October 2022, a group of 16 world leading scientists within the independent International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF) published a peer reviewed paper providing evidence that the ICNIRP limits endorsed by the EU Commission, are based on false and outdated assumptions, and do not protect against harmful effects. Also concluding that the exposure limits must be lowered, and that the 5G roll-out must be halted: “The past 25 years of extensive research on RFR demonstrates that the assumptions underlying the FCC’s and ICNIRP’s exposure limits are invalid and continue to present a public health harm.” ....
Conclusion The SCHEER report should be dismissed and a new objective evaluation of the risks to health and the environment must be undertaken by competent experts without conflicts of interests and ties to industry. The report is extremely biased about the current scientific evidence of health risks. It cannot be used as a basis for decisions on new exposure limits for the prevention of harmful health and environmental effects. The relevant EU body to manage the new evaluation procedure is The European Environmental Agency.
https://www.mayday-info.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Summary-Critique-of-SCHEER-Opinion-Jan-25-2023.pdf
Highlights
- The vast majority of field experts agree that the ICNIRP 1998 limits recommended by EU allow exposure to harmful levels of radiation and that they must be stricter.Harmful effects from wireless technology radiation below the ICNIRP limits are clearly established by science.
- The EU Commission scientific advisory group (SCHEER) advises positively on adoption of new ICNIRP 2020 exposure limits allowing even more harmful RF radiation exposure.
- The SCHEER Opinion is biased and appear to be designed to find no risks and to greenlight the adoption of exposure limits that benefits industry.
- SCHEER working group members belong to a small self-referencing circle of no-risk pro-ICNIRP advocates, with ties to telecoms industry.
- The SCHEER panel do not meet the basic requirement for risk assessors: The demand for excellence and absence of economic or political ties.
- The SCHEER methodology for assessing the scientific evidence is insufficient, severely biased, and unscientific. A central thread throughout SCHEER report is the manufacture of doubt about harmful effects instead of an objective assessment of the science.
- SCHEER report overlaps risk assessment and risk management - a no-go in public health.
- There is an urgent need for complete re-evaluation of the science.
- The proper EU body to undertake such a risk analysis is the European Environmental Agency.
Excerpts
Context The EU Commission scientific advisory group, SCHEER, has released a draft opinion report1 on the possible risks from exposure to wireless technology like 5G, 4G, cellphones, Wi-Fi etc. The SCHEER Opinion published in August 2022 advises positively on the adoption of the ICNIRP 2020 limits, in stark contrast to the opinion of the majority of field experts, concluding that ICNIRP limits are far too high, allowing radiation exposures known to cause harmful effects....
Context The EU Commission scientific advisory group, SCHEER, has released a draft opinion report1 on the possible risks from exposure to wireless technology like 5G, 4G, cellphones, Wi-Fi etc. The SCHEER Opinion published in August 2022 advises positively on the adoption of the ICNIRP 2020 limits, in stark contrast to the opinion of the majority of field experts, concluding that ICNIRP limits are far too high, allowing radiation exposures known to cause harmful effects....
SCHEER Report conflicts with vast majority of Field Experts
The majority of 256 scientists from this field of research, with more than 2000 peer reviewed studies among them, have signed a joint statement14 (EMF-Scientist Appeal) demanding better protection in terms of lower limits for RFR exposure due to the growing evidence of harmful effects well below the ICNIRP limits: “It is our opinion that, because the ICNIRP guidelines do not cover long-term exposure and low-intensity effects, they are insufficient to protect public health.”
In October 2022, a group of 16 world leading scientists within the independent International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF) published a peer reviewed paper providing evidence that the ICNIRP limits endorsed by the EU Commission, are based on false and outdated assumptions, and do not protect against harmful effects. Also concluding that the exposure limits must be lowered, and that the 5G roll-out must be halted: “The past 25 years of extensive research on RFR demonstrates that the assumptions underlying the FCC’s and ICNIRP’s exposure limits are invalid and continue to present a public health harm.” ....
Conclusion The SCHEER report should be dismissed and a new objective evaluation of the risks to health and the environment must be undertaken by competent experts without conflicts of interests and ties to industry. The report is extremely biased about the current scientific evidence of health risks. It cannot be used as a basis for decisions on new exposure limits for the prevention of harmful health and environmental effects. The relevant EU body to manage the new evaluation procedure is The European Environmental Agency.
https://www.mayday-info.dk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Summary-Critique-of-SCHEER-Opinion-Jan-25-2023.pdf
Thank you to saferemr.com, Dr. Joel Moscowitz, University of California, Berkeley, for sharing this information.
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