{"id":5380,"date":"2023-10-07T09:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T16:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=5380"},"modified":"2023-10-07T09:30:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T16:30:18","slug":"us-cellphone-radiation-tests-are-rigged-ignoring-long-term-health-effects-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/07\/us-cellphone-radiation-tests-are-rigged-ignoring-long-term-health-effects-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"US Cellphone Radiation Tests Are \u2018Rigged,\u2019 Ignoring Long-Term Health Effects: Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve had previous posts about severe microwave syndrome<\/a> experienced by people close to 5G cell towers, so we know this isn’t good for your health, and the frequencies are much higher than those used before. But this gives insight into yet another thoroughly compromised federal agency, and you should really be mindful of how much you use your cellphone. I’ve always kept calls short or used wifi calling, and I still don’t have a 5G phone as my dependence on cellular data is minimal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While U.S. tests focus narrowly on whether phones heat tissue, some experts argue they fail to show the whole picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By George Citroner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

France’s recent ban on sales of the iPhone 12 due to radiation concerns has sparked apprehension throughout Europe about the health risks of cellphone radiation exposure. While U.S. tests focus narrowly on whether phones heat tissue, some experts argue they fail to show the whole picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe way they’re tested is to see whether or not they heat you up, and not for the chronic long-term effects that have been demonstrated,\u201d Devra Davis, a cancer epidemiologist who holds a doctorate in science studies and a master’s in public health in epidemiology, told The Epoch Times. \u201cParticularly the effects on sperm and lower testosterone, among others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cellphone Radiation Tests Are \u2018Rigged\u2019: Expert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Ms. Davis, the biggest problem with U.S. testing is that it\u2019s not conducted with the phone against the body. She compared it to the “Dieselgate\u201d scandal<\/a> involving Volkswagen, where the company rigged its tests to show lower exhaust emissions than the vehicle actually produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe same thing is happening here,\u201d she added, noting that the tests were initially set up with spacers, as if phones were in holsters or holders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the French government tests cellphones as they are actually used, \u201clike in your hand [or] next to your body,\u201d Ms. Davis said, the phones exceed European Union (EU) radiation limits. France has pulled or required software updates for 42 other cellphone models that emit excessive radiation since 2017, The Telegraph reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States lacks this oversight, according to Ms. Davis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The telecommunications industry has almost complete control of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), according to a report published by Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics (pdf<\/a>). A telecom lobbying group executive boasted its lobbyists meet FCC officials 500 times annually, the report stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don’t have any programs to test phones after they’ve been approved,\u201d Ms. Davis said. \u201cAnd the approval process is self-regulated because of this revolving door that takes place between the FCC and the telecom industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Davis said if phones underwent drug testing, they’d be illegal. She warned of the danger cellphones pose, similar to certain drugs found to cause cancer and other health problems, in her 2010 book, “Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family,” and still stands by it today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Epoch Times reached out to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to comment on this story, but they have not yet replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17 Minutes of Daily Cellphone Use Increased Cancer Risk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Heavy cellphone use has a “possible” association with increased brain cancer incidence, especially in research not funded by telecoms, according to a review of 23 case-control studies<\/a> in 2009 published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur government, however, stopped funding research on the health effects of radiofrequency radiation in the 1990s,\u201d study author Joel Moskowitz, the director of the Center for Family and Community Health and Community Health at the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley, said in a press statement in July 2021. \u201cOur main takeaway from the current review is that approximately 1,000 hours of lifetime cellphone use, or about 17 minutes per day over a 10-year period, is associated with a statistically significant 60% increase in brain cancer,\u201d Mr. Moskowitz wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2009 review was updated<\/a> in 2020 to include 46 studies with similar findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cancer Linked to Living Near Cell Towers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields warned in 2022 (pdf<\/a>) that radiofrequency radiation (RFR) exposure limits established in the 1990s don’t adequately protect the public, especially from novel 5G technology lacking health studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several bills pending in Congress give the telecom industry \u201cfree range\u201d to put their towers wherever they want them, including \u201cright by your bedroom window\u201d if you’re living in an apartment building, according to Ms. Davis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A review of scientific studies<\/a> published in 2022 found that most of the research found increased rates of cancer and radiofrequency sickness in people living within close proximity to mobile phone base stations. A recent study<\/a> from Brazil found cancer mortality rose with population exposure to radio base station frequencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think 5G belongs in the medical and military places, wired in [Ethernet], but not in homes,\u201d Ms. Davis said. \u201cThe real problem is that in order for 5G to work, we need one million new antennas.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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