United States: FCC Knew Phones Exceeded Radiation Limits, Hid Info From Public and Courts

'FCC testing showed popular cellphone brands exceeded the agency’s safety limits for human exposure to wireless radiation, but the agency hid the information from the public and the courts, according to data obtained by the Environmental Health Trust...'

FCC Knew Phones Exceeded Radiation Limits, Hid Info From Public and Courts
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 24 April 2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) knew for years that certain popular smartphones exceeded the agency’s safety limits for human exposure to wireless radiation when held close to the body, according to data obtained by the Environmental Health Trust (EHT) via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

Rather than going public with the testing results, the FCC hid them — even when important lawsuits concerning cellphone radiation’s impact on people’s health were underway.

The outcome of such lawsuits might have been different, had the agency been honest about what it knew, said W. Scott McCollough, lead litigator for Children’s Health Defense’s (CHD) Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) & Wireless cases. McCollough called the FCC’s actions “scandalous.”

France: List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users (update 8 April 2024)

List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users
By : Phonegate Team • 11 Apr 2024

There are now 48 models of cell phones, identified as dangerous to the health of users, which have been either withdrawn from the French market or have seen their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) updated by software. The latest: the HOTWAV Cyber 7, the LOGICOM Flow, the EMPORIA smart 4, the DOOGEE S88, the EMPORIA simplicity V27, the Iphone 12, the Motorola Edge, the Essential Clap 20+, the Xiaomi Poco X3 and the LOGICOM Le Swipe.

HOTWAV Cyber 7 withdrawn from the French market

In a press release dated April 8, 2024, the French National Frequencies Agency (ANFR) announced the withdrawal from the French market of the HOTWAV Cyber 7 smartphone, after tests carried out by the accredited German laboratory CETECOM revealed that the trunk SAR (2.112 W/kg) and limb SAR (4.246 W/kg) had been exceeded.

Switzerland: Electrosensitivity: A new medical advice network

Switzerland: Electrosensitivity: A new medical advice network

A new article published on the website of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN),
Swiss Confederation

Link to the network (in French, German, Italian): MedNIS

https://www.mednis.ch/fr

Electrosensitivity: A new medical advice network

The disorder is not scientifically recognized, yet the suffering of electrosensitive people is very real. A new medical advice network intends to improve their care. This measure is based on a decision of the Federal Council.

Text: Carole Berset - unofficial auto-translation 

Bruno Cardona suffers from electrosensitivity. He has implemented a series of solutions to disconnect 

and therefore limit his pain. © Saskja Rosset | Lunax

Recurrent headaches, concentration and memory problems: in Switzerland, around 5% of the population reports suffering from electrosensitivity. “This rate varies between 1% and around 10% depending on the studies. A report from the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) of France in 2018 evaluated studies of the prevalence of this disorder over several years, and estimated that it would be around 5%,” explains Maurane Riesen, scientific collaborator at the FOEN. No causal link has been scientifically established between the appearance of electrosensitivity and exposure to electromagnetic fields (also called electrosmog). However, the suffering of electrosensitive people is real and has been associated with a variety of symptoms such as redness, burning sensations, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, nausea, heart palpitations and digestive problems. According to the ANSES report, radio frequency sources (Wi-Fi, mobile telephony, relay antennas) and low frequency sources (electrical lines and installations) are most often blamed by people during the appearance of this condition.

Autism and How Cell Phone Radiation and Other Sources of Wireless Damage the Blood-Brain Barrier

This article includes links to several excellent videos on health effects of exposure to cell phone radiation emitted by our wireless devices, including a presentation by neurosurgeon Dr. Leif Salford.

Autism and How Cell Phone Radiation and Other Sources of Wireless Damage the Blood-Brain Barrier
by B.N. Frank, activistpost.com, 11 April 2024

Decades of research have already determined that exposure to cell phone radiation and other sources of electromagnetic fields (EMF) – including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 5G – is biologically harmful. Despite this research, wireless-radiation emitting sources seem to be almost everywhere including the utility “Smart” meters (electric, gas, and water) installed on homes and throughout communities worldwide.

There is a long list of undesirable symptoms and illnesses associated with exposure. It can even damage the blood-brain barrier! Additionally, experts have said exposure could be linked to autism. Of course it seems reasonable to suspect anything that damages the blood-brain barrier of at least contributing to autism.

A Presentation by neurosurgeon Dr. Leif Salford on the effects of cellular phone radiation

(Washington DC conference, 2009)

Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WnKR2SQpyk&t=1s

https://www.activistpost.com/2024/04/autism-and-how-cell-phone-radiation-and-other-sources-of-wireless-damage-the-blood-brain-barrier.html

Children's Health Defense Files FOIA Requests: Why Did Government Shut Down Studies on Cellphone Radiation and Cancer?

CHD Files FOIA Requests: Why Did Government Shut Down Studies on Cellphone Radiation and Cancer?

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 10 April 2024

The requests are for key communications and research documents related to studies that were underway and the factors that led the National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences to discontinue the studies, despite previous research finding evidence of cancer and DNA damage related to cellphone use.

Children’s Health Defense (CHD) today filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for documents and communications related to the agency’s decision to discontinue studies on the potential health effects of cellphone radiofrequency radiation (RFR) — even after a 10-year, $30-million study, completed in 2018, found evidence of cancer and DNA damage.

“We think it is important to understand what led to this decision, because we know too often big industry interests play a significant role” in shutting down this type of research, said Miriam Eckenfels-Garcia, director of CHD’s Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) & Wireless program.

Scientists Set New Internet Speed World Record: 4.5 Million Times Faster Than Average Broadband

Scientists Set New Internet Speed World Record: 4.5 Million Times Faster Than Average Broadband
By CircleID Reporter, circleid.com, 2 April 2024

Dr. Ian Phillips with the wavelength management device. Photo: Aston University

In a groundbreaking development, scientists from Aston University, in collaboration with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Japan and Nokia Bell Labs in the US, have set a new world record in internet speed. Achieving data transmission rates of 301,000,000 megabits per second through standard optical fiber, this speed is about 4.5 million times faster than the average UK broadband connection and over a million times quicker than average US download speeds.

IARC Again Asked to Review RF Cancer Risk, Just Not Right Away

IARC Again Asked to Review RF Cancer Risk, Just Not Right Away
Same Advice Was Given in 2019

microwavenews.com, 13 April 2024

An advisory group to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has —once again— recommended a new assessment of the cancer risk posed by RF radiation. RF is one of about a hundred agents listed as “high priority” for evaluation over the next five years, 2025-2029.

The panel, made up of 28 independent scientists from 22 countries, met last month in Lyon, France (IARC’s hometown), to consider more than 200 agents that had been nominated for evaluation or reevaluation. The panel’s recommendations were announced yesterday in the news section of Lancet Oncology and an IARC press release.

Others on the high-priority list include acetaminophen (Tylenol), methamphetamine, bisphenols, hair dyes, the hepatitis D virus and smoking cannabis. The full list is below.

Switzerland: Resistance to 5G antennas grows nationwide

Everyone wants fast Internet, even on the go - but no one wants a 5G antenna in the garden. Resistance is increasing nationwide - including in the canton of Schwyz.

Resistance to 5G antennas
hoefner.ch, April 8, 2024 - auto-translation

A 5G antenna - here from the mobile phone provider Sunrise.

It's a nationwide trend: When it comes to building a 5G antenna, there's a hail of objections. The three Swiss mobile phone providers Swisscom, Salt and Sunrise can tell you a thing or two about it. According to Swisscom, around 3,000 such projects from all providers are currently pending or blocked due to objections. The canton of Schwyz is no exception. The Schwyz Office for the Environment and Energy has recorded an enormous increase since the introduction of the 5G standard - as head of office Peter Inhelder explains upon request. Most objections come from private parties and have a health-related background. However, getting away with it with such arguments is very unlikely. The same federal regulations and limit values ​​for non-ionizing radiation (NIS) apply to the installation and operation of 5G antennas as to all mobile communications systems - and these are stricter in Switzerland than in other European countries. And compliance with these regulations is regularly checked by the cantons.

Switzerland: 5G Mobile Communications: Warning about the Quick Fix

Warning about the Quick Fix
By Pascal Sigg (text) and Florian Bachmann (photo), woz.ch, 28 March 2024 - auto-translation

The federal government could soon allocate mobile phone frequencies for so-called millimeter waves. What pleases telecommunications companies and the digital economy worries environmental protection doctors.

(Photo): It doesn't really work yet: The effects of the frequencies required for 5G technology on our bodies have hardly been researched.

The hopes for 5G technology are high because it could finally fulfill many of the promises of digitalization: fast mobile internet even on hills, drone-controlled weeding robots in fields, self-driving cars in the city. Telecommunications companies and the Federal Council want to push ahead with the corresponding expansion of the 5G network. But there is a problem: Such applications require mobile communications at higher frequencies. Swisscom, Salt and Sunrise currently only operate at a maximum of 3.5 gigahertz (GHz). The Federal Council is now toying with awarding higher mobile phone frequencies in the 6, 26 and 40 GHz ranges – so-called millimeter waves. In order to examine the specific need for higher frequencies, the Federal Office of Communications (Bakom) recently carried out a public consultation process. The Federal Council could have the frequencies auctioned in just three years.

California: ‘Huge Win’: Court Rules Big Telecom Must Comply With State Environmental Laws

‘Huge Win’: Court Rules Big Telecom Must Comply With State Environmental Laws
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 4 April 2024

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge last week ruled that federal law does not preempt California’s state environmental law, which requires environmental impact reviews before telecom companies can apply for permits to build new wireless infrastructure on scenic highways and historic sites.

Los Angeles County officials must comply with state environmental law when issuing permits for new wireless infrastructures, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled.

The ruling is a win for Children’s Health Defense (CHD) and a coalition of community and environmental groups in a historic case challenging the fast-tracked proliferation of wireless infrastructure in Los Angeles County.

W. Scott McCollough, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a press release, “The court’s ruling is a huge win in the battle against unfettered proliferation of wireless because of the known risks to the environment and people’s health.”

Study: Electromagnetic Fields Harm Insects

This link will take you to the study in English, French and German as well as Fact Sheets: https://protect-insects.info/beefi-study/#study

Are electromagnetic fields such as mobile communications harmful to insects?

diagnose:funk, 2024

The results of the meta-analysis by Thill, Cammaerts & Balmori (2023) show that mobile phone radiation has negative effects on insects

BEEFI: Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Insects: a Systematic Review and Metaanalysis, Reviews on Environmental Health; Authors: Thill A, Cammaerts M-C, Balmori A., 2023 doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2023-0072 | www.emf-portal.org/de/article/52384

The negative effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) on insects are the subject of intensive scientific research. New findings indicate that EMFs can affect the reproductive ability, behavior, DNA and health of insects. Studies show disturbed behavior in bees, a decrease in pollination performance and a decline in insect populations near EMF sources such as power lines and mobile phone masts. The strong effect of the combination of various damaging influences in the field further intensifies these negative effects.

It is strongly recommended that the precautionary principle be applied to the expansion of mobile communications infrastructure, as it cannot be ruled out that the effects on insect populations will be problematic. More research is needed to understand interactions with other factors. These findings should be taken into account in political decisions and planning so as not to further accelerate insect extinction.

The 2023 study by Thill, Cammaerts & Balmori documents the harmful effects of EMF on insects. Take a look at the key findings and facts of this study.

Original article in German:
The original study is available for free download here in English, German and French, as is a fact sheet in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.

https://protect-insects.info/beefi-study/#study

27 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or Health (3 April 2024)

27 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or Health, 

Electromagnetic Radiation Safety, 3 April, 2024

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

Invited Perspective: Why Systematic Reviews, Scoping Reviews, and Evidence-to-Decision Frameworks Are Critical for Transparent, Consistent, Equitable, and Science-Based Decision-Making in Environmental Health

Mobile phone use and brain tumour risk – COSMOS, a prospective cohort study (Note: Methodological problems undermine validity of results.)

5G papers

United States: NIH probe of ‘Havana syndrome’ finds no sign of brain injuries

NIH probe of ‘Havana syndrome’ finds no sign of brain injuries  

By Joel Achenbach and Shane Harris, Washington Post, March 18, 2024

(No subscription required to read)

The four-year study comes amid ongoing conjectures about ‘targeted attacks’ with pulsed-energy weapons

Repeated scans of patients suffering from the mysterious ailment commonly known as “Havana syndrome” found no significant evidence of brain injury, according to an ongoing investigation by the National Institutes of Health.

A man pushes a wheelbarrow near the U.S. Embassy in Havana, where government employees were working when they mysteriously became ill. (Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images)

Two studies, published Monday in JAMA, found few significant differences in a range of cognitive and physical tests among more than 80 patients who had been stationed in Cuba, Austria, China and other locations compared with a control group of people with similar job descriptions.

Wireless Radiation Health Effects Compilation Cell Towers and Cell Phones and Wi Fi

Excellent 20-minute video

Wireless Radiation Health Effects Compilation Cell Towers and Cell Phones and Wi Fi
Environmental Health Trust, 14 March 2024

Hundreds of scientists, doctors and public health experts recommend the public reduce exposure to wireless radiation to mitigate risk due to the growing scientific evidence of harm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9TMTexPb_0

Switzerland: Millimeter waves: uncertain need and risk

Physicians for the Environment are sounding the alarm about the desire of the Swiss government, operators and Comcom to introduce millimeter-wave 5G in Switzerland.

Millimeter waves: uncertain need and risk
by Pascal Sigg, infosperber.ch, March 8, 2024 - Translation DeepL 

The Federal Council and operators want higher cell phone frequencies soon. A doctors' organization is "very worried".

Will adaptive antennas soon be able to use higher frequencies in Switzerland? Antenna in the canton of Zurich © SRF Kassensturz

New business, better Internet coverage in the countryside and more money in the state coffers. These are the reasons why the Federal Council wants to allocate new high frequencies for mobile telephony in the 6 GHz, 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands - known as millimeter waves. These frequencies would enable the introduction of 5G technology in our country. At present, this technology only operates in Switzerland on a maximum of 3.5 GHz.

As with the allocation of the first 5G frequencies four years ago, the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) recently organized a public consultation procedure. This time, however, the only focus was on the needs of potential operators and users.

36 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or HealthElectromagnetic Radiation Safety, 4 March 2024

36 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or Health

https://www.saferemr.com/2024/03/, March 4, 2024

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 download Volume 3 which contains abstracts of papers published in 2024 (including the new papers listed below) click on the following link (45 page pdf): https://bit.ly/EMFstudies03-2024

To download Volume 2 which contains abstracts of papers published from 2021 through 2023 click on the following link (867 page pdf): https://bit.ly/EMFStudies-2021-2023

To download Volume 1 which contains abstracts of papers published from 2016 through 2020 click on the following link (875 page pdf): https://bit.ly/EMFStudies-2016-2020


The abstracts for recently published papers appear below.

 

Recent Research on Wireless Radiation and Electromagnetic Fields

No budget in Switzerland to protect people’s health from dangerous phones?

No budget in Switzerland to protect people’s health from dangerous phones?

By : Phonegate Team • 27 Feb 2024

Between 2012 and today, the sale of radio frequencies (4G, 5G) alone has brought in almost CHF 1.4 billion for the Federal Council.

Despite the warnings raised in 2018 and again in 2019 by several members of Parliament (interpellations 19.3180 and 19.4496), and again in 2023 with motion 23.4244), the Swiss authorities remain silent. Several press articles, such as those in the “Beobachter” and the “Tagesanzeiger”, warned of the “Phonegate affair”, yet the Federal Council justified its inaction in protecting the health and safety of millions of cell phone users on the grounds of its “financial situation”:


“The Federal Council recognizes that there is indeed a gap in implementation, that there is no market surveillance for these products regarding their health impacts due to NIR. However, carrying out these tasks would require human and financial resources. Based on the cost/benefit analysis, and given the Confederation’s financial situation, the required resources could not be made available. The Federal Council therefore agrees to dispense with market surveillance for the time being, and therefore proposes to reject this motion.”

Woman Living Near Cell Tower Diagnosed With 51 Strokes

Exclusive: Woman Living Near Cell Tower Diagnosed With 51 Strokes
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 26 Feb. 2024, updated 27 Feb. 2024

In an interview with The Defender, Marcia Haller detailed how her life dramatically changed when a cell tower 900 feet from her home was “upgraded.” Haller notified the telecom companies operating the tower that she plans to sue under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

In 2007, Marcia and Jason Haller — high school sweethearts who met in Duluth, Minnesota — bought their dream property north of Duluth to peacefully live close to nature and Marcia’s family.

Little did they know then that American Towers, AT&T and T-Mobile would soon build a cell tower just 900 feet from their home — a tower that would later forever change Marcia’s life as she knew it.

Nearly immediately after the cell tower was “upgraded” in 2019, Marcia became disabled from the intense levels of radiofrequency (RF) radiation emitted by the tower.

Since then, she has suffered 51 strokes, vision loss, hearing loss, headaches, sleep disruption, chronic fatigue and cognitive impairment. She experiences ongoing issues with balance, orientation and mobility.

Barbados: US group renowned for cell tower opposition backs residents

US group renowned for cell tower opposition backs residents
by Emmanuel Joseph, barbadostoday.bb, February 24, 2024

A St James village’s battle to rid itself of a recently erected cell phone tower in its midst notched up Friday as it enlisted the support of an American campaign group that argues cell phones, wireless broadband and other high-frequency radio signals pose a health risk.

The non-profit Environmental Health Trust (EHT), based in the northern American state of Wyoming has emerged to back the people of Olive Lodge, Holders Hill, who are planning to ask the High Court to issue an injunction to block any further work and eventually have the structure removed. The tower was erected around mid-January by telecommunications firm Digicel. The community was told the tower was temporary.

Switzerland: 5G critics file complaints in 127 Bernese municipalities

5G critics file complaints in 127 Bernese municipalities
derbund.ch, 20 February 2024 - auto-translation

386 antennas are being used illegally, claim two associations and one company. And are therefore filing complaints with the building police everywhere.

One of the offending installations: the antenna on the roof of the Berner Zeitung and "Bund" newspapers. Photo: Raphael Moser

In the canton of Bern, 127 municipalities where 5G mobile phone antennas are located are facing complaints from the building police. The complaints were submitted by the WIR and Gigaherz associations, which are critical of mobile communications, and Laubscher plannetzwerk GmbH from Büren an der Aare.

They have been warning about radiation exposure from mobile phone antennas for some time. They are now targeting those antennas where the transmission power has been increased without a planning application or public publication. This was announced by the three organizations on Tuesday.

Applying the Precautionary Principle to Wireless Technology: Policy Dilemmas and Systemic Risks

Applying the Precautionary Principle to Wireless Technology: Policy Dilemmas and Systemic Risks

Paul Ben Ishai, Hillel Z. Baldwin, Linda S. Birnbaum, Tom Butler, Kent Chamberlin, Devra L. Davis, show all
Pages 5-18 | Published online: 20 Feb 2024
Cite this article
https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2024.2293631

Current policies in the United States and Europe regarding wireless radiation rest on an outdated assump­tion that the sole adverse impact to be avoided is acute heating of biological tissues.Footnote1 These policies ignore substantial evi­dence of chronic impacts that wir­eless radiofrequency radiation (RFR) can have on public health and the broader environmental consequences. In this article, we briefly review the early history of policy development on RFR, provide evidence of significant adverse nonthermal chronic impacts from exposures that are not considered in current standards, and make the case for imp­le­menting the precautionary pri­nciple to protect public health and the environment. As with most environmental health hazards, the consequences of RFR are especially important to the fetus and children, as they will incur a lifetime of exposures that is without precedent. We thus argue for the adoption of the precautionary principle to reduce chronic, societal-level risks from exposures.

Continue reading:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00139157.2024.2293631

DNA and Developmental Damage from Cell Towers on the Greek Island of Samos: Effects on Insects, Flowers and Vegetables

DNA and Developmental Damage from Cell Towers on the Greek Island of Samos: Effects on Insects, Flowers and Vegetables
by Diana Kordas, ED.M., M.A. February 8, 2024; hyperlinked version posted by Safe Tech International Feb. 12, 2024 by permission.

“…cells with irreparably damaged genomic DNA will result in cell senescence, cell death, cancer or mutated offspring, depending on cell type and specific biological/environmental conditions.” Panagopoulos et al., 2021 1

Introduction

A recent paper, ‘Human‑made electromagnetic fields: Ion forced‑oscillation and voltage‑gated ion channel dysfunction, oxidative stress and DNA damage (Review) published in the International Journal of Oncology by biophysicist Dimitris J. Panagopoulos et. al. states unequivocally that electromagnetic radiation from wireless technology damages DNA. This leads to infertility, sterility, mutations and extinctions, and it explains the loss of biodiversity that we are currently experiencing on this planet.

Germany: The city of Ravensburg wants to build a shelter against radiation

The city of Ravensburg wants to build a shelter against radiation
by Annette Vincenz, schwaebische.de, 27 December 2023

Some people have bad allergies, others are highly sensitive to radiation and electrosmog. How the city of Ravensburg wants to help them.

Almost everyone has it: a smartphone. But some people wonder how healthy these small devices actually are. (Photo: Zacharie Scheurer/dpa/dpa-tmn)

Ravensburg could be the first city in Germany to set up a public shelter for electro-sensitive people. This was confirmed by both the city's press spokesman Timo Hartmann and Anke Bay from the self-help group for environmentally ill people in Ravensburg. Those affected can relax in the room, which is shielded from cell phone radiation, if they have things to do in the city center. It will probably go to the city library, which is due to be renovated and modernized in the next few years.

Horror of cell phone radiation

California: LA County Residents Will Have to Battle Wireless Expansion ‘Tower by Tower,’ but Judge Rules Against County on Key Environmental Claims

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled on Wednesday that most claims will proceed in a lawsuit alleging county ordinances allow uncontrolled wireless expansion without environmental review or public input, but struck down a key argument seeking to give residents more say over cell tower build-out near their homes.

LA County Residents Will Have to Battle Wireless Expansion ‘Tower by Tower,’ but Judge Rules Against County on Key Environmental Claims
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 15 February 2024

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge delivered a split decision Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to halt the fast-tracked proliferation of wireless infrastructure without environmental review and without residents’ right to appeal.

In his ruling, Judge James C. Chalfant dismissed claims that the ordinances violate due process rights by preventing residents from contesting individual wireless project permits near their homes. He also dismissed a minor claim about a bureaucratic procedure.

However, he allowed pivotal allegations that the county is illegally sidestepping state environmental law through its new rules for approving wireless infrastructure projects.

Because the ruling bars a sweeping countywide due process challenge, the plaintiffs say it places an impossible burden on individuals to fund separate cases for each wireless facility installed near their properties without notice.

Cyprus: Paphos primary school children strike over 5G tower

Paphos primary school children strike over 5G tower
By Tom Cleaver, cyprus-mail.com, February 15, 2024

Primary school children in the Paphos village of Konia went on strike on Thursday in protest at the installation of a 5G cell tower in the village.

(Photo): Students boycotted class for two hours (Image: Kiki Pericleous)

The children protested outside their school for two hours, holding placards bearing slogans such as “we have a right to life”, “radiation damages health”, and “no 5G near school”.

Speaking at the protest, Konia Mukhtar Kyriakos Kyriakou said “the whole community is protesting against the placement of the tower.”

There are 280 students at the school who are at “immediate risk” from the tower’s radiation, Kyriakou protested.

France : List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users (updated 13 February 2024)

 List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users
By : Phonegate Team • 13 Feb 2024

There are now 47 models of cell phones, identified as dangerous to the health of users, which have been either withdrawn from the French market or have seen their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) updated by software. The latest: the LOGICOM Flow, the EMPORIA smart 4, the DOOGEE S88, the EMPORIA simplicity V27, the Iphone 12, the Motorola Edge, the Essential Clap 20+, the Xiaomi Poco X3 and the LOGICOM Le Swipe.

New Logicom smartphone pinned for exceeding SAR

In a press release dated February 12, 2024, the Agence nationale des fréquences (ANFR) revealed that when tested by the CETECOM accredited laboratory, the trunk SAR of the Logicom Flow smartphone exceeded the authorized regulatory limit of 2W/kg, namely 2.09 W/kg.

Experts: Current Radiofrequency Radiation Exposure Limits Based on Inadequate Science—Does 5G Introduce Heightened Health Concerns?

Experts: Current Radiofrequency Radiation Exposure Limits Based on Inadequate Science—Does 5G Introduce Heightened Health Concerns?
Staff, TrialSite News. Feb. 11, 2024

A group of scientific experts touch on a controversial and frankly, disturbing topic involving what are the generally accepted levels of what’s considered unsafe levels of radiofrequency exposure. Members of the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF), the authors published in 2022, “Scientific evidence invalidates health assumptions underlying the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) exposure limit determinations for radiofrequency radiations: implications for 5G.” Fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology, is the latest generation of cellular network technology designed to provide faster and more reliable wireless communication. It succeeds 4G LTE technology and offers significantly faster data speeds, lower latency, increased capacity, and support for a massive number of connected devices compared to previous generations. But with overwhelming dependence on our smartphones and various devices powered by standards such as Bluetooth—and all of this exposure to EMFs, how safe are we assuming what appears to be the shoddy evidence backing the safe exposure limits today? The present authors argue herein that those limits were established long ago, based on limited scientific rigor involving both the FCC and ICNIRP. If a group of experts in the field are correct, humanity faces the specter of myriad and potentially severe risks including the prospects of cancer and even sperm damage. Should the ICBE-EMF be correct, why would governments be concerned with Global Warming but not as well the prospect of a heightened risk for human health catastrophe powered by industry in the case of EMFs? Obviously, more research is needed but this group of scientists, highly credentialed, should be taken seriously.

Why Pregnant Women Should Take Drastic Steps to Lower EMF Exposure During Pregnancy

Why Pregnant Women Should Take Drastic Steps to Lower EMF Exposure During Pregnancy
By Dr. Joseph Mercola, posted on childrenshealthdefense.org, 6 February 2024

Microwave radiation from cellphones, Wi-Fi routers and similar devices concentrate twentyfold in the womb, meaning whatever the reading is outside the womb, the measurement will be 20 times higher inside the mother, according to Dietrich Klinghardt, M.D., Ph.D.

Story at a glance:

• According to Dietrich Klinghardt, M.D., Ph.D., women should take drastic steps to lower their electromagnetic field, or EMF exposure during pregnancy to reduce the risk of having an autistic child.
• Microwave radiation from cellphones, Wi-Fi routers and similar devices concentrate twentyfold in the womb, meaning whatever the reading is outside the womb, the measurement will be 20 times higher inside the mother.
• Klinghardt found the average exposure of an autistic child to high-frequency electric fields from household currents and microwaves from cellphones and other wireless technologies was twentyfold higher than that of non-autistic children.
• Nonionizing cellphone microwave radiation has also been linked to Alzheimer’s and infertility, especially in men, both of which, like autism, are rocketing skyward in terms of prevalence.
• One of the best strategies is to eliminate exposure to extremely low frequency, or ELF electric fields during sleep, as this is the most important time for your brain. Details on how to do this, as well as many other remediation strategies, are discussed.

5G Health Effects: 7 Case Reports of Health Symptoms After 5G Cell Towers Placed in Sweden

5G Health Effects: 7 Case Reports of Health Symptoms After 5G Cell Towers Placed in Sweden, mdsafetech.org, 20 November 2023, updated 28 January 2024

Now that the massive rollout of 5G cell towers is proceeding throughout cities worldwide, remarkably devoid of the barriers of premarket testing or health and safety studies, and propelled by industry friendly laws, research is now being published on the real-life exposures and health effects of operational 5G towers. For now, this series examines only short term neurologic effects which have been reported. Long term health effects will not be known for decades.

The first investigation of health impacts is in a series of now 7 case reports from Sweden in the last year which have been delivered to the scientific community, revealing that some residents or vacationers living near the new 5G towers developed symptoms of microwave illness soon after deployment of the 5G base station. When these affected individuals moved to a lower EMF dwelling their symptoms subsided. Most of these cases are considered classic examples of a provocation test. In all cases the exposure levels, although some of the highest levels researchers had measured in homes, were below the current ICNIRP standards purported to be “safe” and cause no health effects. These were, however, well above levels considered “safe” according to robust literature referenced in many reports including the BioInitiative Report and EUROPAEM EMF Guidelines. ICNIRP guidelines are however now being scientifically challenged and any new guidelines produced by ICNIRP , WHO, FDA, or FCC in the future would be considered inherently flawed if they are based on several current flawed assumptions, the most important of which is that they consider heat to be the only cause of harm. These 7 case reports were preceded by reports of similar neurologic health symptoms in residents and families in Geneva Switzerland when 5G towers were placed in 2019 and in diplomats in Havana, China, Austria and the U.S. from 2016-2022.  

A 2000 a study commissioned by T Mobile on health effects of mobile phone radiation noted the basis for safety guidelines is thermal, but there were few studies on non thermal (biological) effects of RFR to justify the rollout of cell towers. The report states, “The study of potential health effects cannot generally compete with the speed of technical development and the roll out of the product…If there are sufficient indications that there may be damaging effects, the precautionary principle for the protection of health and the environment will apply and avoidable exposures will be avoided until such time when there is enough knowledge for a wider introduction of the technology in question. This theory draws its justification not least from the experiences with the introduction of technologies and products (such as asbestos, DDT, CFCs, formaldehyde, wood preservatives, mass X‐ray screenings etc.), which were widely used, even many years after the first clear indications of health and ecological damage had appeared.” Almost 20 years after this report was published technology has advanced even further, with increasing concern about the newer 5G (and 6G) systems with Massive MIMO and beam forming technology using significantly higher energy and power.(Tornevik). There are Pros and Cons of 5G systems but the weight of evidence currently shows more risk than benefit.

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Why did NIH abruptly halt research on the harms of cell phone radiation?

Why did NIH abruptly halt research on the harms of cell phone radiation?
BY DEVRA DAVIS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR, thehill.com, 1st February 2024

THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL

In a shocking reversal, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has quietly disclosed that it will stop studying the biological or environmental impacts of cell phone radiofrequency radiation.

This decision comes despite results from the program’s carefully engineered and reviewed decade-long $30 million animal studies that found cancer, heart damage and DNA damage associated with exposure to cell phone radiofrequency radiation at levels comparable to those experienced by Americans today.

The sudden end of civilian government efforts to study potential health impacts of wireless radiation constitutes a glaring abdication of responsibility. In contrast, the U.S. Department of Defense continues to study this problem.

After Dieselgate, Phonegate?

After Dieselgate, Phonegate? *
by Adrien Schwyter, challenges.fr, 18 January 2024 - auto-translation

Despite the publication of new European standards, the measurement of waves emitted by smartphones remains poorly calibrated. And manufacturers are finding ways to slip through the net.

(Photo) : Wave measurement carried out by an ANFR agent at close range of a relay antenna. According to the NGO Phonegate, some smartphone manufacturers are aware of the test procedures, and configure their devices in such a way as to falsify the data emitted.

For the past fifteen years, have we been living with a time bomb as our main tech companion? In addition to the long-standing debate on the electrosensitivity of a proportion of the population to cell phone waves, the issue of the health impact of increasingly complex smartphones has recently come back into the spotlight. Last September, Apple was criticized for the performance of its iPhone 12, whose emissions were measured above the tolerated threshold. Faced with the threat of a sales ban, the Californian group took action. Three years after its launch, Apple attributed the anomaly to a software change.

Comments on Tribune de Genève article on infertility: Minimizing the risks of exposure to electromagnetic radiation

The article, on the study from the University of Geneva on sperm quality published by the Tribune de Genève in 16 January 2024 was rather disappointing, especially the comments from Dr. Federico Del Vento, gynecologist specializing in infertility at the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG). We find it rather unconscionable that a medical doctor would downplay the potentially harmful effects of electromagnetic (EM) radiation emitted by our wireless devices.

Below, are my comments on the article and the full text of the published article, auto-translated into English. A comment, expanding on the harms due to exposure of wireless devices of the reproductive area of the body, was submitted to the Tribune de Genève, but not published.

The analysis focused on sperm parameters, volume, sperm concentration, total number as well as motility and morphology. The article states that the conclusion of the study: "Higher frequency of cell phone use, more than 20 times per day, was associated with lower sperm concentration."

Cell phones emitted far too much radiation for decades - until today?

Cell phones emitted far too much radiation for decades - until today?
by Pascal Sigg, infosperber.ch, 18 January 2024 - auto-translation

Cell phone manufacturers deliberately conducted unrealistic radiation tests. Even today there are hardly any independent controls.

(Photo): French doctor Marc Arazi has been fighting for more transparency and control over cell phone radiation for over seven years. © EHT

Just a few years ago, the so-called Phonegate revelations showed that the radiation emitted by mobile devices is inadequately controlled. With the exception of the Observer (paywall), no media in this country has reported on this in depth.

Switzerland: Device radiation: Federal Council opposes control

Device radiation: Federal Council opposes control
by Pascal Sigg, infosperber.ch, 19 January 2024 - auto-translation

Over 40 cell phones have so far failed French safety tests. Switzerland continues to deliberately look the other way.

(Photo): How strongly do smartphones and tablets emit radiation? Three children with an iPad. © Harrison Haines

A few months ago, it also made headlines in Switzerland that Apple's iPhone 12 failed the French tests. The ANFR also responded to this with a recall. Apple has since offered a software update, which means the device is approved again in France.

However, Belgium, Germany and Italy, which also requested the update, did not receive it . And Swiss users didn’t receive one either. An Apple spokesman confirmed this to Infosperber. This means that the device would actually not be market-compliant in this country.

Statement by Devra Davis PhD, MPH on the U.S. Government National Toxicology Program Ceasing Research on Cell Phone Radiation

Statement by Devra Davis PhD, MPH on the U.S. Government National Toxicology Program Ceasing Research on Cell Phone Radiation
Environmental Health Trust. 18 January 2024

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) announced this month, that it will no longer study the issue of cell phone radiofrequency (RF) radiation, despite its completion of $30 million dollar animal studies that found cancer and DNA damage.

NIEHS scientists had previously stated they were conducting follow-up research tp the studies finding cancer and DNA damage which according to the NTPs 2023 fact sheet would: 

• determine the impact of RFR exposure on behavior and stress, including the real-time assessment of activity and response to system-generated noise and RFR signals.
•  conduct physiological monitoring, including evaluation of heart rate.
• investigate whether RFR induces heating.
• further evaluate whether RFR exposure causes DNA damage.

United States: No More Research on Cellphone Radiation and Human Health, Government Says

No More Research on Cellphone Radiation and Human Health, Government Says
By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 18 January 2024

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) has no plans to further study the effects of cellphone radiofrequency radiation (RFR) on human health — even though the program’s own $30 million study that took about 10 years to complete in 2018 reported evidence of cancer and DNA damage.

The NTP said in an updated January 2024 fact sheet that it was abandoning further investigation because “the research was technically challenging and more resource-intensive than expected.”

For decades, the NTP has been the premier governmental testing program for pharmaceuticals, chemicals and radiation, according to Devra Davis, Ph.D., MPH, a toxicologist and epidemiologist who served on the board of scientific counselors for the NTP when it was launched in the 1980s.

Commenting on the news, Davis said, “It is the ultimate arrogance and folly to stop doing research on this major growing environmental pollutant, precisely when we have ample evidence of harm.”

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31 New Papers on Electromagnetic Fields and Biology or Health (31 December 2023)

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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) about once a month 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 or 2 of this collection go to:
https://www.saferemr.com/2022/06/recent-research-on-wireless-radiation.html

A Woman aged 82 years with Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity since Almost Four Decades Developed the Microwave Syndrome after Installation of 5G Base Stations in her Living Vicinity

A Woman aged 82 years with Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity since Almost Four Decades Developed the Microwave Syndrome after Installation of 5G Base Stations in her Living Vicinity – Ethical Principles in Medicine are violated
by Lennart Hardell1* and Mona Nilsson2
Journal of Environmental Science and Public Health, vol.8, issue 1, Published: January 09, 2024

Abstract

Installation of the fifth generation (5G) for radiofrequency radiation started in Sweden in 2019/2020. Since then there has been a rapid development of this technology in the whole country. In previous case reports we have presented persons that developed the microwave syndrome caused by the radiation after installation of 5G in their neighborhood. Mostly these former healthy persons have tolerated previous generations such as 3G and 4G. After moving to another place without 5G the microwave syndrome disappeared in short time. Thus 5G seems to be a culprit for ill health, and these 5G exposure studies correspond to classic provocation tests on effects on well-being. This article presents a woman aged 82 years with electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) since almost four decades. After deployment of 5G base stations close to her living place she developed severe ill health including fatigue, dysesthesia, dizziness, balance disorder, and light sensitivity that all are included in the microwave syndrome. Also her 83 years old husband was affected, although to a minor extent. The ethical and moral principles in medicine that can be adopted for RF radiation illness are respect for life, human dignity, self-determination, medical care, justice, and benefit. These principles are central for ethics among physicists and other health care staff. All these principles were violated and in fact microwave illness with the variety of symptoms is not acknowledged as a disease by the medical community. This is mostly based on lack of scientific knowledge on this topic.

https://www.fortunejournals.com/articles/a-woman-aged-82-years-with-electromagnetic.pdf

Switzerland: Brig: 5G antenna in densely populated area thwarted by 81 objections

David against Goliath... A lot can be achieved by joining forces!

Brig: 5G antenna in densely populated area thwarted by 81 objections

https://schutz-vor-strahlung.ch/ - Deepl translation

In the "Obri Glismatte" area, in a densely populated residential area in the immediate vicinity of school buildings, daycare centers and sports facilities, Swisscom wanted to erect a five-meter mast with a 5G antenna on a flat roof.

There were 81 objections to the planning application with a total of 777 signatures. As a result, the Brig-Glis municipal council refused Swisscom planning permission on 22 June 2021, as the antenna's installation limit value was not complied with according to the site data sheet. "The council does not consider it appropriate to erect a mobile phone antenna in this area."

United States: Children's Health Defense Files First in Series of Lawsuits Seeking Disability Accommodation for People Injured by RF Radiation from Cell Towers

CHD Files First in Series of Lawsuits Seeking Disability Accommodation for People Injured by RF Radiation from Cell Towers
by JAY W. BELLE ISLE, legalreader.com, January 5, 2024

According to the complaint, Mr. Allen has a disability as defined in the ADA. His condition is exacerbated by RF radiation emitted from cell towers.

Washington, D.C. — Children’s Health Defense’s (CHD) lead Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) and Wireless litigator Scott W. McCollough filed a complaint today against Verizon and other wireless companies on behalf of disabled plaintiff Henry “Hank” Allen. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho Southern Division, is the first in a series of strategic cases seeking the removal or modification of cell towers in the vicinity of the homes of individuals disabled by radiofrequency (RF) radiation, in order to provide reasonable accommodation or modifications as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).