Swiss Parliament: 23.3905 INTERPELLATION: Who monitors compliance with the standards on radiation exposure (SAR value) applicable to mobile phones and other terminals?

23.3905 INTERPELLATION
Who monitors compliance with the standards on radiation exposure (SAR value) applicable to mobile phones and other terminals?

(This is an unofficial English auto-translation of the text.)

Submitted by:
SCHLATTER MARIONNA

Group of Greens

Swiss Green Party

Filed at:
National council on 16 June 2023

Status of deliberations:
Position statement in response to the intervention is available

Submitted text:

The “Phonegate” scandal, which broke out in France in 2018, revealed that cell phone manufacturers were using subterfuge when measuring their devices to lower the radiation value. The SAR value (specific absorption rate) measures the absorption of electromagnetic radiation by the body. It is used to assess the potential effects of exposure to radiation emitted by mobile phones and other devices used close to the body. The tests are carried out on mannequins. In the wake of “Phonegate”, the international standards regarding the SAR index have been adapted, improving the regulations on controls, evaluation and reporting and clarifying in particular the measurement procedure.

The European Commission confirms Phonegate Alert’s call to withdraw dangerous cell phones

The European Commission confirms Phonegate Alert’s call to withdraw dangerous cell phones
By : Phonegate Team • 8 Sep 2023

In a reply dated September 1, 2023 to a question from Polish MEP Beata Mazurek, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, confirmed the European Commission’s position that it is the exclusive responsibility of member states and their surveillance authorities to declare non-compliant cell phones and remove them from the EU market.

In fact, Thierry Breton stated that:

« The Phonegate Alert’s allegations, as well as the 2016 study[1] carried out by the French agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), are a matter of concern. Indeed, mobile phones which do not comply with the Radio Equipment Directive (RED)[2] shall not be placed on the EU market. »

And to add :

« Notifying measures taken against dangerous products in European Rapid Alert system for dangerous products (RAPEX/Safety Gate system) is the responsibility of the market surveillance enforcement authorities which is, again, a competence of the Member States. »

Continue reading:

https://phonegatealert.org/en/european-commission-confirms-phonegate-alerts-call-to-withdraw-dangerous-cell-phones/

Cell phones: One hundred brain tumor victims demand justice in the USA - Update

Cell phones: One hundred of brain tumor victims demand justice in the USA
By : Phonegate Team • 6 Sep 2023

While a South Korean epidemiological study has recently correlated the incidence of brain tumors and the use of cell phones, many plaintiffs in several regions of the world, including a hundred in the U.S. are demanding that justice recognize the responsibility of manufacturers in brain tumors that affected them or one of their relatives. If the Court of Appeal of Turin issued a decision in favor of a victim suffering from an acoustic neuroma (benign tumor) in November 2022, a judgment rendered on April 21, 2023 in the United States rejected part of the claims against the smartphone manufacturer Motorola. (Updated on 6/09/2023) The decision came down on August 1, 2023 in favor of the cell phone industry. The plaintiffs have announced that they will appeal.

United States: All Plaintiff Experts Barred in Cell Phone Brain Tumor Lawsuits

All Plaintiff Experts Barred in Cell Phone Brain Tumor Lawsuits
Twenty-Two Years and Counting
microwavenews.com, May 4, 2023, Last updated August 31, 2023

Michael Murray and his daughter Alicia* (photo from
Murray family via the Sun-Sentinel)

In a big win for the telecoms, and Motorola in particular, a judge has disallowed testimony from the entire slate of expert witnesses who were scheduled  to support claims that cell phones can lead to brain tumors.

Judge Alfred Irving Jr. of the Washington DC Superior Court issued the ruling on April 25 in a set of 13 cases collectively known as Murray v Motorola.

The Murray litigation has been going on for a long, long time —think Jarndyce. The original claim was filed more than 20 years ago. In November 2001, Mayer Morganroth and his son Jeffrey Morganroth sued Motorola on behalf of Michael Murray, a 34-year-old technician who had developed a malignant glioma after testing cell phones for Motorola (details in MWN, N/D01).

Phonegate Alert Ready to Take Legal Action against ANFR’s Failings

Phonegate Alert Ready to Take Legal Action against ANFR’s Failings
By : Phonegate Team • 31 Aug 2023

After several unanswered emails to the Agence nationale des fréquences (ANFR), Phonegate Alert officially notified it on August 23, 2023, to find out whether it had complied with its obligation to inform European Union authorities of the non-compliance of 42 cell phone models exceeding the set Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) threshold, in accordance with what is laid down in the so-called “RED” Directive 2014/53/EU.

An obligation to inform European Union authorities

The non-compliance of mobile telephony equipment, such as the 42 phone models exceeding the set SAR threshold, triggers the application of Article 40 of the RED Directive, and in particular the obligation for the French market surveillance authority, ANFR, to comply with the following obligation:

Wi-Fi and Other EMFs May Be Linked to Infertility and Miscarriage: Scientists

Wi-Fi and Other EMFs May Be Linked to Infertility and Miscarriage: Scientists
by Marina Zhang, theepochtimes.com, 16 August 2023

Follow the series “EMF: The Invisible Hazard” here.

In this series, we will explore the invisible yet omnipresent electromagnetic fields from common home electronics to 5G and their potential impact on health.

(Shutterstock/Lightspring)

As exposures to wireless and electronic devices and electromagnetic fields (EMFs) increase, so does the worry about rising infertility and miscarriage rates, leading to questions about a possible connection.

Infertility is increasingly affecting younger people of reproductive age; around 1 in 5 couples struggle with infertility, and miscarriage rates have been increasing by 1 percent every year.

EMFs and Reproductive Organ Damage

EMFs from wireless and electronic devices can induce oxidative stress within cells sensitive to these environmental signals.

Organs involved in reproduction are vulnerable to damage from EMFs, and animal studies have established a connection.

Effects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields: Thirty years of research

Effects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields: Thirty years of research
Electromagnetic Radiation Safety, 15 August 2023

The preponderance of research published from 1990 through July 2023 has found significant effects from exposure to radio frequency radiation as well as to extremely low frequency and static electromagnetic fields.

 
Dr. Henry Lai, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, Editor Emeritus of the journal, Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, and an emeritus member of the International Commission on the Biological Effects of EMF, has compiled summaries of the research on the biological effects of exposure to radio frequency (RFR) and extremely low frequency (ELF) and static electromagnetic fields (EMF). His set of abstracts which cover the period from 1990 to July 2023 constitute a comprehensive collection of the research.

Dr. Lai reports that the preponderance of the research has found that exposure to RFR or ELF EMF produces oxidative effects or free radicals, and damages DNA. Moreover the preponderance of RFR studies that examined genetic, neurological and reproductive effects has found significant effects. Among hundreds of studies of RFR, 70% to 89% reported significant effects. Among hundreds of studies of ELF and static fields, 74% to 91% reported significant effects.

EMF/RF/5G: Get Off the Gigantic/Titanic Wireless Party Boat

The FDA and the FCC and political partners from both parties, along with the military, have been having quite a party while counting their riches and thinking of ways not to recognize the harm that new technologies are causing. (Article begins with Big Tobacco and continues with Wireless.)

EMF/RF/5G:  Get Off the Gigantic/Titanic Wireless Party Boat

By Patricia Burke of Safe Tech International, Image courtesy Floris Freshman, 24 July 2023

The FDA and the FCC and political partners from both parties, along with the military, have been having quite a party while counting their riches and thinking of ways not to recognize the harm that new technologies are causing.

Many wireless consumers are too young to remember scientists and industry executives working for the tobacco companies, lying to congress.

In this example, companies were denying, under oath, that cigarettes are addictive,
Searcy Law Video

Regarding health, B and W whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand asked, “Have you done any biological studies?” “pharmacology?” “effects on central nervous system?”

The companies had studies indicating harm, but they suppressed the findings.
60 Minutes

United States: FCC Defies Court Mandate, Delays Review of Cellphone Radiation Guidelines

FCC Defies Court Mandate, Delays Review of Cellphone Radiation Guidelines

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continues to defy a court order to reexamine its electromagnetic radiation exposure limits set in 1996. Children's Health Defense sued the agency in 2019, and won a 2021 ruling requiring the FCC to explain how its guidelines protect human health — but two years later, the agency shows no signs of complying.

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 2 August 2023

Despite the Children Health Defense’s (CHD) “historic win” against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) nearly two years ago, the FCC has yet to comply with the court mandate to explain how its radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure guidelines adequately protect humans from harm.

The agency last week published its regulatory agenda for the next six months. The agenda made no mention of the Aug. 13, 2021, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit court decision.

Public Benefit or Big Profits for Big Telecom? Here’s What’s Really Driving the 5G Rollout

Excellent article with input from Thea Scarato, Dr. David Carpenter, Mona Nilsson and many others: 

Public Benefit or Big Profits for Big Telecom? Here’s What’s Really Driving the 5G Rollout.

Proponents of 5G say the technology will address the “digital divide” by increasing online services to the underserved — but critics say 5G is a marketing move the telecommunications industry is using to put their equipment up everywhere and strip away regulatory oversight.

By Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D., childrenshealthdefense.org, 1st August 2023

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series examining key questions in the public debate on the safety of wireless radiation. Part I addressed the question, How did the FDA arrive at its position on cellphones and cancer? Part 2 asks, What’s behind the rollout of 5G?

Telecom companies promote 5G, the “next generation wireless network technology,” as being faster and able to handle more connected devices than the 4G LTE network. And they assure consumers the result will be increased access for underserved communities that lack reliable internet connectivity.

But critics — including Theodora Scarato, executive director of the nonprofit research and education group Environmental Health Trust — said the 5G rollout is more about corporate greed than it is about helping people access fast and reliable internet.