Switzerland: 1st May 2025 Update by the Federal Office of Public Health of its Fact Sheets for various appliances and devices producing non-ionizing radiation

The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health updated its Fact Sheets for various appliances and devices producing non-ionizing radiation on 1st May 2025, including mobile phones, fitness-trackers and smartwatches, cordless (DECT) phones, baby monitors, etc.. Very detailed. Have a read:

https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/gesund-leben/umwelt-und-gesundheit/strahlung-radioaktivitaet-schall/elektromagnetische-felder-emf-uv-laser-licht/emf.html

We cite here only a few details: 

Mobile phones and smartphones 

3 Health effects - pp.3-5

3.1 Cancer

3.1.2 High-frequency electromagnetic fields

"In 2011, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified high-frequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic (group 2B) based on studies suggesting a potential link between using mobile or cordless phones and brain tumours."

4 Legal regulations p.6

"Manufacturers are responsible for ensuring that their appliances comply with the conformity criteria. In Switzerland, no authority checks whether mobile phones meet these standards (23.4244 | Mobile phones emit more radiation than permitted. The time has come to check the NIR limits in Switzerland too! | Item of business | The Swiss Parliament – available in German, French and Italian)."

https://www.parlament.ch/fr/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20234244