Follow-Up Research on NTP’s Clear Evidence on RF Causing Malignant Tumors in Rats [Health Matters]

Follow-Up Research on NTP’s Clear Evidence on RF Causing Malignant Tumors in Rats [Health Matters]
James C. Lin, IEEE Microwave Magazine ( Volume: 25, Issue: 6, June 2024)
Date of publication: 8 May 2024, DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2024.3378608

Abstract:

The recent disclosure of the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) closing down its RF radiation research program on how RF radiation causes cancer was a surprise [1] , [2] , [3] . NTP is a part of the National Institutes of Health and reports to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NTP’s mandates are to provide the scientific basis for programs, activities, and policies that promote health or lead to the prevention of disease.

NTP’s motto is “science you can depend on for decisions that matter.” It is a world leader in toxicology research. It has evaluated more than 2,800 environmental agents for potential human health effects. It plays a critical role in generating, assessing, and sharing toxicological information about potentially hazardous agents in the environment. Its latest congressionally mandated, science-based public health document, the 15th Report on Carcinogens [4], was released on 21 December 2021. An article published in the December 2023 issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives [5] included an interactive tool that demonstrates the Report on Carcinogens’ impact on public health policies.

In 2018, NTP published the final report on its US$30 million laboratory research showing “clear evidence” that lifelong exposure to low-level RF radiation caused cancers in rats [6], [7], [8]. The statistically significant findings showed that both GSM- and CDMA-modulated 900-MHz RF radiation had led to the development of malignant schwannoma, a rare form of tumor in the hearts of male rats. Furthermore, an independent analysis of the NTP data for overall cancer incidence detected in any organ or tissue inside the animal showed that rats exposed to GSM and CDMA cellphone RF radiation had significantly higher overall or total primary tumor incidence than the concurrent controls.

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